#6eb8bc

Color #6eb8bc

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.64 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6eb8bc

RGB

rgb(110, 184, 188)

HSL

hsl(183.1, 36.8%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.1, 41.5%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.5%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(70.33, -21.97, -9.27)

LCH

lch(70.33, 23.85, 202.88)

OKLCH

oklch(73.6%, 0.0741, 200.12)

HWB

hwb(183.1, 43.1%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bc726e

Analogous

#6ebc99

#6eb8bc

#6e91bc

Triadic

#6eb8bc

#bc6eb8

#b8bc6e

Split-complementary

#6eb8bc

#bc6e91

#bc996e

Tetradic

#6eb8bc

#726ebc

#bc726e

#b8bc6e

Square

#6eb8bc

#996ebc

#bc726e

#91bc6e

Shades

Color #6eb8bc mixed toward black.

#4ea5aa

#3f8488

#2f6366

#1f4244

#102122

Tints

Color #6eb8bc mixed toward white.

#86c4c7

#9ed0d2

#b6dbdd

#cfe7e9

#e7f3f4

Tones

Color #6eb8bc mixed toward gray.

#74b2b5

#7bacaf

#81a6a8

#88a1a2

#8e9b9b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9495bb · ΔE 25.7

Deuteranopia

#908abb · ΔE 28.1

Tritanopia

#73baba · ΔE 1.7

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 19.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6eb8bc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6eb8bc]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#6eb8bc (#6eb8bc) is rgb(110, 184, 188) in RGB.

No, #6eb8bc is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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