#6ca299

Color #6ca299

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 6.63 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6ca299

RGB

rgb(108, 162, 153)

HSL

hsl(170, 22.5%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(170, 33.3%, 63.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.3%, 0%, 5.6%, 36.5%)

LAB

lab(62.78, -19.85, -1)

LCH

lch(62.78, 19.88, 182.88)

OKLCH

oklch(67.2%, 0.0588, 182.93)

HWB

hwb(170, 42.4%, 36.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a26c75

Analogous

#6ca27e

#6ca299

#6c90a2

Triadic

#6ca299

#996ca2

#a2996c

Split-complementary

#6ca299

#a26c90

#a27e6c

Tetradic

#6ca299

#6c75a2

#a26c75

#a2996c

Square

#6ca299

#7e6ca2

#a26c75

#90a26c

Shades

Color #6ca299 mixed toward black.

#578a81

#466e67

#34534e

#233734

#111c1a

Tints

Color #6ca299 mixed toward white.

#84b1aa

#9dc1bb

#b5d0cc

#cee0dd

#e6efee

Tones

Color #6ca299 mixed toward gray.

#709d96

#759993

#799490

#7e908d

#828b8a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#87879b · ΔE 24.1

Deuteranopia

#847f9c · ΔE 27.7

Tritanopia

#709d9d · ΔE 4.6

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 17.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6ca299;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6ca299]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6ca299 (#6ca299) is rgb(108, 162, 153) in RGB.

No, #6ca299 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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