#6c9ea0

Color #6c9ea0

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 3.81 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 12

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Conversions

HEX

#6c9ea0

RGB

rgb(108, 158, 160)

HSL

hsl(182.3, 21.5%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(182.3, 32.5%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.5%, 1.2%, 0%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(61.81, -16.07, -6.38)

LCH

lch(61.81, 17.29, 201.65)

OKLCH

oklch(66.5%, 0.0534, 199.15)

HWB

hwb(182.3, 42.4%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a06e6c

Analogous

#6ca088

#6c9ea0

#6c84a0

Triadic

#6c9ea0

#a06c9e

#9ea06c

Split-complementary

#6c9ea0

#a06c84

#a0886c

Tetradic

#6c9ea0

#6e6ca0

#a06e6c

#9ea06c

Square

#6c9ea0

#886ca0

#a06e6c

#84a06c

Shades

Color #6c9ea0 mixed toward black.

#588688

#466b6c

#355051

#233536

#121b1b

Tints

Color #6c9ea0 mixed toward white.

#84aeb0

#9dbec0

#b5cecf

#cedfdf

#e6efef

Tones

Color #6c9ea0 mixed toward gray.

#709a9c

#759697

#799293

#7d8e8f

#828a8a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8585a0 · ΔE 22.8

Deuteranopia

#827e9f · ΔE 25.3

Tritanopia

#6f9f9f · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 15.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c9ea0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c9ea0]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#6c9ea0 (#6c9ea0) is rgb(108, 158, 160) in RGB.

No, #6c9ea0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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