#6d8688

Color #6d8688

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 9.16 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6d8688

RGB

rgb(109, 134, 136)

HSL

hsl(184.4, 11%, 48%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.4, 19.9%, 53.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.9%, 1.5%, 0%, 46.7%)

LAB

lab(54.11, -8.44, -4.04)

LCH

lch(54.11, 9.36, 205.58)

OKLCH

oklch(60.1%, 0.0288, 202.47)

HWB

hwb(184.4, 42.7%, 46.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#886f6d

Analogous

#6d887c

#6d8688

#6d7888

Triadic

#6d8688

#886d86

#86886d

Split-complementary

#6d8688

#886d78

#887c6d

Tetradic

#6d8688

#6f6d88

#886f6d

#86886d

Square

#6d8688

#7c6d88

#886f6d

#78886d

Shades

Color #6d8688 mixed toward black.

#5b7071

#49595b

#364344

#242d2d

#121617

Tints

Color #6d8688 mixed toward white.

#849b9d

#9dafb0

#b5c3c4

#ced7d8

#e6ebeb

Tones

Color #6d8688 mixed toward gray.

#6f8486

#718283

#748081

#767e7f

#787c7d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.42:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#797988 · ΔE 14.6

Deuteranopia

#777587 · ΔE 16.6

Tritanopia

#6e8787 · ΔE 1.1

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 10.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6d8688;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d8688]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6d8688 (#6d8688) is rgb(109, 134, 136) in RGB.

No, #6d8688 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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