#6caa9f

Color #6caa9f

A muted medium green.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.44 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#6caa9f

RGB

rgb(108, 170, 159)

HSL

hsl(169.4, 26.7%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(169.4, 36.5%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.5%, 0%, 6.5%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(65.31, -22.54, -0.66)

LCH

lch(65.31, 22.55, 181.68)

OKLCH

oklch(69.3%, 0.0663, 181.81)

HWB

hwb(169.4, 42.4%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa6c77

Analogous

#6caa80

#6caa9f

#6c96aa

Triadic

#6caa9f

#9f6caa

#aa9f6c

Split-complementary

#6caa9f

#aa6c96

#aa806c

Tetradic

#6caa9f

#6c77aa

#aa6c77

#aa9f6c

Square

#6caa9f

#806caa

#aa6c77

#96aa6c

Shades

Color #6caa9f mixed toward black.

#559388

#44756d

#335851

#223b36

#111d1b

Tints

Color #6caa9f mixed toward white.

#84b8af

#9dc6bf

#b5d4cf

#cee3df

#e6f1ef

Tones

Color #6caa9f mixed toward gray.

#71a59c

#76a098

#7b9a95

#819592

#86908e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.89:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8ca2 · ΔE 25.2

Deuteranopia

#8883a2 · ΔE 28.9

Tritanopia

#70a4a4 · ΔE 5.2

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 19

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6caa9f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6caa9f]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#6caa9f (#6caa9f) is rgb(108, 170, 159) in RGB.

No, #6caa9f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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