#6dd9cd

Color #6dd9cd

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Medium Turquoise #48d1cc · ΔE 6.73 Nearest Tailwind class teal-300 #46ecd5 · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#6dd9cd

RGB

rgb(109, 217, 205)

HSL

hsl(173.3, 58.7%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(173.3, 49.8%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.8%, 0%, 5.5%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(80.34, -34, -3.66)

LCH

lch(80.34, 34.2, 186.14)

OKLCH

oklch(81.8%, 0.1016, 185.87)

HWB

hwb(173.3, 42.7%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d96d79

Analogous

#6dd997

#6dd9cd

#6dafd9

Triadic

#6dd9cd

#cd6dd9

#d9cd6d

Split-complementary

#6dd9cd

#d96daf

#d9976d

Tetradic

#6dd9cd

#6d79d9

#d96d79

#d9cd6d

Square

#6dd9cd

#976dd9

#d96d79

#afd96d

Shades

Color #6dd9cd mixed toward black.

#42cebe

#2dac9e

#228177

#16564f

#0b2b28

Tints

Color #6dd9cd mixed toward white.

#85dfd5

#9ee6de

#b6ece6

#cef2ee

#e7f9f7

Tones

Color #6dd9cd mixed toward gray.

#76d0c6

#7fc7bf

#88beb8

#91b5b1

#9aacaa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a8d0 · ΔE 29.8

Deuteranopia

#a198d1 · ΔE 34.1

Tritanopia

#76d2d3 · ΔE 5.3

Achromatopsia

#c7c7c7 · ΔE 22.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6dd9cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6dd9cd]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6dd9cd (#6dd9cd) is rgb(109, 217, 205) in RGB.

No, #6dd9cd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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