#6099af

Color #6099af

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 12.14 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6099af

RGB

rgb(96, 153, 175)

HSL

hsl(196.7, 33.1%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196.7, 45.1%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.1%, 12.6%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(60.21, -12.7, -17.31)

LCH

lch(60.21, 21.47, 233.73)

OKLCH

oklch(65.2%, 0.0681, 224.58)

HWB

hwb(196.7, 37.6%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#af7660

Analogous

#60af9d

#6099af

#6071af

Triadic

#6099af

#af6099

#99af60

Split-complementary

#6099af

#af6071

#af9d60

Tetradic

#6099af

#7660af

#af7660

#99af60

Square

#6099af

#9d60af

#af7660

#71af60

Shades

Color #6099af mixed toward black.

#4b8196

#3c6878

#2d4e5a

#1e343c

#0f1a1e

Tints

Color #6099af mixed toward white.

#7aaabc

#95bbca

#afccd7

#cadde4

#e4eef2

Tones

Color #6099af mixed toward gray.

#6696a8

#6d93a2

#74909b

#7a8d95

#818a8e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.67:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7daa · ΔE 20.3

Deuteranopia

#7975a9 · ΔE 21.4

Tritanopia

#64a6a5 · ΔE 10.8

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 16.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #6099af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6099af]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#6099af (#6099af) is rgb(96, 153, 175) in RGB.

No, #6099af is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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