#6e8180

Color #6e8180

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 7.41 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6e8180

RGB

rgb(110, 129, 128)

HSL

hsl(176.8, 7.9%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(176.8, 14.7%, 50.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.7%, 0%, 0.8%, 49.4%)

LAB

lab(52.48, -7.11, -1.78)

LCH

lch(52.48, 7.33, 194.06)

OKLCH

oklch(58.8%, 0.0222, 192.72)

HWB

hwb(176.8, 43.1%, 49.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#816e6f

Analogous

#6e8177

#6e8180

#6e7981

Triadic

#6e8180

#806e81

#81806e

Split-complementary

#6e8180

#816e79

#81776e

Tetradic

#6e8180

#6e6f81

#816e6f

#81806e

Square

#6e8180

#776e81

#816e6f

#79816e

Shades

Color #6e8180 mixed toward black.

#5c6c6b

#495655

#374140

#252b2b

#121615

Tints

Color #6e8180 mixed toward white.

#859796

#9eacab

#b6c1c0

#ced5d5

#e7eaea

Tones

Color #6e8180 mixed toward gray.

#707f7f

#717e7d

#737c7c

#747b7a

#767979

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.11:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#777780 · ΔE 11.7

Deuteranopia

#767480 · ΔE 13.8

Tritanopia

#6f8080 · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 8.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e8180;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e8180]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Turquoise #40e0d0

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6e8180 (#6e8180) is rgb(110, 129, 128) in RGB.

No, #6e8180 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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