#65979f

Color #65979f

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 5.8 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#65979f

RGB

rgb(101, 151, 159)

HSL

hsl(188.3, 23.2%, 51%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.3, 36.5%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.5%, 5%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(59.34, -14.59, -9.52)

LCH

lch(59.34, 17.42, 213.12)

OKLCH

oklch(64.4%, 0.0547, 208.49)

HWB

hwb(188.3, 39.6%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f6d65

Analogous

#659f8a

#65979f

#657a9f

Triadic

#65979f

#9f6597

#979f65

Split-complementary

#65979f

#9f657a

#9f8a65

Tetradic

#65979f

#6d659f

#9f6d65

#979f65

Square

#65979f

#8a659f

#9f6d65

#7a9f65

Shades

Color #65979f mixed toward black.

#537f86

#43656b

#324c50

#213335

#11191b

Tints

Color #65979f mixed toward white.

#7fa8af

#98babf

#b2cbcf

#ccdcdf

#e5eeef

Tones

Color #65979f mixed toward gray.

#6a949a

#6f9095

#748d91

#78898c

#7d8687

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.48:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7e9d · ΔE 22.2

Deuteranopia

#7b779d · ΔE 24.4

Tritanopia

#689c9b · ΔE 4.4

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 15.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #65979f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#65979f]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#65979f (#65979f) is rgb(101, 151, 159) in RGB.

No, #65979f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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