#6d9ca8

Color #6d9ca8

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.99 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 10.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6d9ca8

RGB

rgb(109, 156, 168)

HSL

hsl(192.2, 25.3%, 54.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192.2, 35.1%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.1%, 7.1%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(61.53, -12.7, -11.3)

LCH

lch(61.53, 17, 221.66)

OKLCH

oklch(66.3%, 0.0535, 215.41)

HWB

hwb(192.2, 42.7%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8796d

Analogous

#6da896

#6d9ca8

#6d7ea8

Triadic

#6d9ca8

#a86d9c

#9ca86d

Split-complementary

#6d9ca8

#a86d7e

#a8966d

Tetradic

#6d9ca8

#796da8

#a8796d

#9ca86d

Square

#6d9ca8

#966da8

#a8796d

#7ea86d

Shades

Color #6d9ca8 mixed toward black.

#568591

#456a74

#345057

#22353a

#111b1d

Tints

Color #6d9ca8 mixed toward white.

#85acb6

#9ebdc5

#b6cdd3

#cedee2

#e7eef0

Tones

Color #6d9ca8 mixed toward gray.

#7299a3

#77969e

#7c9399

#819094

#868d8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8484a5 · ΔE 20.9

Deuteranopia

#817da5 · ΔE 22.8

Tritanopia

#70a3a2 · ΔE 6.5

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 14.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6d9ca8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d9ca8]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Frequently asked questions

#6d9ca8 (#6d9ca8) is rgb(109, 156, 168) in RGB.

No, #6d9ca8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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