#6e9993

Color #6e9993

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.03 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 10.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6e9993

RGB

rgb(110, 153, 147)

HSL

hsl(171.6, 17.4%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(171.6, 28.1%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.1%, 0%, 3.9%, 40%)

LAB

lab(60.07, -15.93, -1.57)

LCH

lch(60.07, 16.01, 185.63)

OKLCH

oklch(65%, 0.0477, 185.41)

HWB

hwb(171.6, 43.1%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#996e74

Analogous

#6e997e

#6e9993

#6e8a99

Triadic

#6e9993

#936e99

#99936e

Split-complementary

#6e9993

#996e8a

#997e6e

Tetradic

#6e9993

#6e7499

#996e74

#99936e

Square

#6e9993

#7e6e99

#996e74

#8a996e

Shades

Color #6e9993 mixed toward black.

#5b817b

#486763

#364d4a

#243331

#121a19

Tints

Color #6e9993 mixed toward white.

#86aaa5

#9ebbb7

#b7ccc9

#cfdddb

#e7eeed

Tones

Color #6e9993 mixed toward gray.

#729590

#75928e

#798e8b

#7c8b89

#808786

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.64:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#838394 · ΔE 21.1

Deuteranopia

#807d95 · ΔE 24.3

Tritanopia

#719696 · ΔE 3.4

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 15.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e9993;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e9993]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6e9993 (#6e9993) is rgb(110, 153, 147) in RGB.

No, #6e9993 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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