#6d888b

Color #6d888b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 9.08 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6d888b

RGB

rgb(109, 136, 139)

HSL

hsl(186, 12.1%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186, 21.6%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.6%, 2.2%, 0%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(54.79, -8.86, -4.78)

LCH

lch(54.79, 10.07, 208.35)

OKLCH

oklch(60.7%, 0.0311, 204.67)

HWB

hwb(186, 42.7%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b706d

Analogous

#6d8b7f

#6d888b

#6d798b

Triadic

#6d888b

#8b6d88

#888b6d

Split-complementary

#6d888b

#8b6d79

#8b7f6d

Tetradic

#6d888b

#706d8b

#8b706d

#888b6d

Square

#6d888b

#7f6d8b

#8b706d

#798b6d

Shades

Color #6d888b mixed toward black.

#5b7174

#495b5d

#364445

#242d2e

#121717

Tints

Color #6d888b mixed toward white.

#859c9f

#9db0b2

#b6c4c5

#ced8d9

#e7ebec

Tones

Color #6d888b mixed toward gray.

#6f8688

#728486

#748283

#778081

#797e7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.54:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7a8a · ΔE 15.2

Deuteranopia

#78768a · ΔE 17.4

Tritanopia

#6f8a8a · ΔE 1.7

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 10.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6d888b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d888b]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6d888b (#6d888b) is rgb(109, 136, 139) in RGB.

No, #6d888b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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