#609898

Color #609898

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 2.88 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#609898

RGB

rgb(96, 152, 152)

HSL

hsl(180, 22.6%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 36.8%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.8%, 0%, 0%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(59.17, -18.32, -5.83)

LCH

lch(59.17, 19.23, 197.65)

OKLCH

oklch(64.1%, 0.0589, 195.76)

HWB

hwb(180, 37.6%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#986060

Analogous

#60987c

#609898

#607c98

Triadic

#609898

#986098

#989860

Split-complementary

#609898

#98607c

#987c60

Tetradic

#609898

#606098

#986060

#989860

Square

#609898

#7c6098

#986060

#7c9860

Shades

Color #609898 mixed toward black.

#507f7f

#406565

#304c4c

#203333

#101919

Tints

Color #609898 mixed toward white.

#79aaaa

#94bbbb

#afcccc

#c9dddd

#e4eeee

Tones

Color #609898 mixed toward gray.

#659393

#698f8f

#6e8a8a

#738585

#778181

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.44:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7d98 · ΔE 23.9

Deuteranopia

#797498 · ΔE 27.3

Tritanopia

#649898 · ΔE 0.8

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 17.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #609898;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#609898]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#609898 (#609898) is rgb(96, 152, 152) in RGB.

No, #609898 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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