#6fa6b6

Color #6fa6b6

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.53 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#6fa6b6

RGB

rgb(111, 166, 182)

HSL

hsl(193.5, 32.7%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193.5, 39%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(39%, 8.8%, 0%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(64.98, -13.89, -13.95)

LCH

lch(64.98, 19.69, 225.12)

OKLCH

oklch(69.3%, 0.0622, 218.01)

HWB

hwb(193.5, 43.5%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b67f6f

Analogous

#6fb6a3

#6fa6b6

#6f83b6

Triadic

#6fa6b6

#b66fa6

#a6b66f

Split-complementary

#6fa6b6

#b66f83

#b6a36f

Tetradic

#6fa6b6

#7f6fb6

#b67f6f

#a6b66f

Square

#6fa6b6

#a36fb6

#b67f6f

#83b66f

Shades

Color #6fa6b6 mixed toward black.

#5290a2

#427382

#315661

#213a41

#101d20

Tints

Color #6fa6b6 mixed toward white.

#87b5c2

#9fc4ce

#b7d3db

#cfe1e7

#e7f0f3

Tones

Color #6fa6b6 mixed toward gray.

#75a3b0

#7ba0aa

#819ca4

#87999e

#8d9699

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8bb2 · ΔE 21.2

Deuteranopia

#8783b1 · ΔE 22.8

Tritanopia

#73afaf · ΔE 7.5

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 15.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6fa6b6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6fa6b6]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#6fa6b6 (#6fa6b6) is rgb(111, 166, 182) in RGB.

No, #6fa6b6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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