#6facaf

Color #6facaf

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 5.43 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 11.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6facaf

RGB

rgb(111, 172, 175)

HSL

hsl(182.8, 28.6%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(182.8, 36.6%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.6%, 1.7%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(66.5, -18.84, -7.78)

LCH

lch(66.5, 20.38, 202.44)

OKLCH

oklch(70.4%, 0.0631, 199.81)

HWB

hwb(182.8, 43.5%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#af726f

Analogous

#6faf92

#6facaf

#6f8caf

Triadic

#6facaf

#af6fac

#acaf6f

Split-complementary

#6facaf

#af6f8c

#af926f

Tetradic

#6facaf

#726faf

#af726f

#acaf6f

Square

#6facaf

#926faf

#af726f

#8caf6f

Shades

Color #6facaf mixed toward black.

#559699

#44787b

#335a5c

#223c3d

#111e1f

Tints

Color #6facaf mixed toward white.

#87babc

#9fc8ca

#b7d6d7

#cfe3e4

#e7f1f2

Tones

Color #6facaf mixed toward gray.

#74a7aa

#7aa2a4

#7f9e9f

#84999a

#8a9494

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.2:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.2:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8eae · ΔE 24.6

Deuteranopia

#8a85ae · ΔE 27

Tritanopia

#73aeae · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 17.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6facaf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6facaf]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#6facaf (#6facaf) is rgb(111, 172, 175) in RGB.

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

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