#6ca8ae

Color #6ca8ae

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 4.78 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6ca8ae

RGB

rgb(108, 168, 174)

HSL

hsl(185.5, 28.9%, 55.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.5, 37.9%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.9%, 3.4%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(65.16, -17.83, -9.25)

LCH

lch(65.16, 20.09, 207.42)

OKLCH

oklch(69.3%, 0.0628, 203.87)

HWB

hwb(185.5, 42.4%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae726c

Analogous

#6cae93

#6ca8ae

#6c87ae

Triadic

#6ca8ae

#ae6ca8

#a8ae6c

Split-complementary

#6ca8ae

#ae6c87

#ae936c

Tetradic

#6ca8ae

#726cae

#ae726c

#a8ae6c

Square

#6ca8ae

#936cae

#ae726c

#87ae6c

Shades

Color #6ca8ae mixed toward black.

#549197

#437479

#32575b

#213a3d

#111d1e

Tints

Color #6ca8ae mixed toward white.

#85b6bb

#9dc5c9

#b6d3d6

#cee2e4

#e7f0f1

Tones

Color #6ca8ae mixed toward gray.

#72a3a8

#779fa3

#7d9a9d

#829698

#889193

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8bad · ΔE 23.8

Deuteranopia

#8782ac · ΔE 26.3

Tritanopia

#70abab · ΔE 2.7

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 17.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6ca8ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6ca8ae]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6ca8ae (#6ca8ae) is rgb(108, 168, 174) in RGB.

No, #6ca8ae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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