#6e9897

Color #6e9897

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 6.32 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 11.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6e9897

RGB

rgb(110, 152, 151)

HSL

hsl(178.6, 16.9%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(178.6, 27.6%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.6%, 0%, 0.7%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(59.89, -14.45, -4.1)

LCH

lch(59.89, 15.02, 195.84)

OKLCH

oklch(64.9%, 0.0458, 194.28)

HWB

hwb(178.6, 43.1%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#986e6f

Analogous

#6e9882

#6e9897

#6e8498

Triadic

#6e9897

#976e98

#98976e

Split-complementary

#6e9897

#986e84

#98826e

Tetradic

#6e9897

#6e6f98

#986e6f

#98976e

Square

#6e9897

#826e98

#986e6f

#84986e

Shades

Color #6e9897 mixed toward black.

#5b807f

#496665

#364d4c

#243333

#121a19

Tints

Color #6e9897 mixed toward white.

#86a9a8

#9ebaba

#b7cccb

#cfdddc

#e7eeee

Tones

Color #6e9897 mixed toward gray.

#729594

#759190

#798e8d

#7c8a8a

#808786

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#828397 · ΔE 20.2

Deuteranopia

#807d97 · ΔE 23.4

Tritanopia

#719797 · ΔE 1.2

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 14.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e9897;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e9897]

Related colors

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Frequently asked questions

#6e9897 (#6e9897) is rgb(110, 152, 151) in RGB.

No, #6e9897 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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