#6cbab3

Color #6cbab3

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.71 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6cbab3

RGB

rgb(108, 186, 179)

HSL

hsl(174.6, 36.1%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(174.6, 41.9%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.9%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(70.57, -25.74, -3.99)

LCH

lch(70.57, 26.05, 188.81)

OKLCH

oklch(73.7%, 0.0781, 188.24)

HWB

hwb(174.6, 42.4%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ba6c73

Analogous

#6cba8c

#6cbab3

#6c9aba

Triadic

#6cbab3

#b36cba

#bab36c

Split-complementary

#6cbab3

#ba6c9a

#ba8c6c

Tetradic

#6cbab3

#6c73ba

#ba6c73

#bab36c

Square

#6cbab3

#8c6cba

#ba6c73

#9aba6c

Shades

Color #6cbab3 mixed toward black.

#4ea79f

#3f857f

#2f645f

#1f433f

#102120

Tints

Color #6cbab3 mixed toward white.

#84c5c0

#9dd1cc

#b5dcd9

#cee8e6

#e6f3f2

Tones

Color #6cbab3 mixed toward gray.

#72b3ae

#79ada8

#7fa6a3

#86a09e

#8c9998

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9495b5 · ΔE 27.2

Deuteranopia

#908ab5 · ΔE 30.2

Tritanopia

#72b6b6 · ΔE 3.4

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 20.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6cbab3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6cbab3]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6cbab3 (#6cbab3) is rgb(108, 186, 179) in RGB.

No, #6cbab3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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