#6fb5b9

Color #6fb5b9

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.51 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 10.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6fb5b9

RGB

rgb(111, 181, 185)

HSL

hsl(183.2, 34.6%, 58%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.2, 40%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(40%, 2.2%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(69.42, -20.95, -8.98)

LCH

lch(69.42, 22.79, 203.2)

OKLCH

oklch(72.8%, 0.0708, 200.4)

HWB

hwb(183.2, 43.5%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b9736f

Analogous

#6fb998

#6fb5b9

#6f90b9

Triadic

#6fb5b9

#b96fb5

#b5b96f

Split-complementary

#6fb5b9

#b96f90

#b9986f

Tetradic

#6fb5b9

#736fb9

#b9736f

#b5b96f

Square

#6fb5b9

#986fb9

#b9736f

#90b96f

Shades

Color #6fb5b9 mixed toward black.

#51a1a6

#408185

#306164

#204142

#102021

Tints

Color #6fb5b9 mixed toward white.

#87c1c5

#9fced0

#b7dadc

#cfe6e8

#e7f3f3

Tones

Color #6fb5b9 mixed toward gray.

#75afb3

#7baaad

#81a4a6

#889fa0

#8e999a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.99:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9393b8 · ΔE 25.6

Deuteranopia

#8f89b8 · ΔE 27.8

Tritanopia

#74b7b7 · ΔE 1.7

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 18.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6fb5b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6fb5b9]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#6fb5b9 (#6fb5b9) is rgb(111, 181, 185) in RGB.

No, #6fb5b9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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