#6491a3

Color #6491a3

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.07 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6491a3

RGB

rgb(100, 145, 163)

HSL

hsl(197.1, 25.5%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(197.1, 38.7%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.7%, 11%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(57.66, -10.55, -14.34)

LCH

lch(57.66, 17.8, 233.66)

OKLCH

oklch(63.1%, 0.0558, 224.93)

HWB

hwb(197.1, 39.2%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a37664

Analogous

#64a396

#6491a3

#6472a3

Triadic

#6491a3

#a36491

#91a364

Split-complementary

#6491a3

#a36472

#a39664

Tetradic

#6491a3

#7664a3

#a37664

#91a364

Square

#6491a3

#9664a3

#a37664

#72a364

Shades

Color #6491a3 mixed toward black.

#527a8a

#41616e

#314953

#213137

#10181c

Tints

Color #6491a3 mixed toward white.

#7ea3b2

#98b6c2

#b2c8d1

#cbdae0

#e5edf0

Tones

Color #6491a3 mixed toward gray.

#698f9e

#6f8d99

#748a93

#79888e

#7e8689

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.12:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7a9f · ΔE 19.3

Deuteranopia

#77749e · ΔE 20.6

Tritanopia

#679c9b · ΔE 9.7

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 14.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6491a3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6491a3]

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Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#6491a3 (#6491a3) is rgb(100, 145, 163) in RGB.

No, #6491a3 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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