#6ea5ad

Color #6ea5ad

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 5.49 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6ea5ad

RGB

rgb(110, 165, 173)

HSL

hsl(187.6, 27.8%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.6, 36.4%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.4%, 4.6%, 0%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(64.36, -15.96, -9.88)

LCH

lch(64.36, 18.77, 211.76)

OKLCH

oklch(68.7%, 0.0588, 207.44)

HWB

hwb(187.6, 43.1%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ad766e

Analogous

#6ead96

#6ea5ad

#6e86ad

Triadic

#6ea5ad

#ad6ea5

#a5ad6e

Split-complementary

#6ea5ad

#ad6e86

#ad966e

Tetradic

#6ea5ad

#766ead

#ad766e

#a5ad6e

Square

#6ea5ad

#966ead

#ad766e

#86ad6e

Shades

Color #6ea5ad mixed toward black.

#558e97

#447279

#33555a

#22393c

#111c1e

Tints

Color #6ea5ad mixed toward white.

#86b4bb

#9ec3c8

#b6d2d6

#cfe1e4

#e7f0f1

Tones

Color #6ea5ad mixed toward gray.

#73a1a8

#789da3

#7e999d

#839598

#889193

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#898aab · ΔE 22.7

Deuteranopia

#8682ab · ΔE 24.9

Tritanopia

#72aaa9 · ΔE 4.2

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 16.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6ea5ad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6ea5ad]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#6ea5ad (#6ea5ad) is rgb(110, 165, 173) in RGB.

No, #6ea5ad is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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