#65a69d

Color #65a69d

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 6.92 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#65a69d

RGB

rgb(101, 166, 157)

HSL

hsl(171.7, 26.7%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(171.7, 39.2%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.2%, 0%, 5.4%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(63.73, -22.94, -1.89)

LCH

lch(63.73, 23.02, 184.71)

OKLCH

oklch(67.9%, 0.0682, 184.54)

HWB

hwb(171.7, 39.6%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6656e

Analogous

#65a67d

#65a69d

#658fa6

Triadic

#65a69d

#9d65a6

#a69d65

Split-complementary

#65a69d

#a6658f

#a67d65

Tetradic

#65a69d

#656ea6

#a6656e

#a69d65

Square

#65a69d

#7d65a6

#a6656e

#8fa665

Shades

Color #65a69d mixed toward black.

#528d85

#41716a

#315550

#213835

#101c1b

Tints

Color #65a69d mixed toward white.

#7fb5ad

#98c4be

#b2d3ce

#cce1de

#e5f0ef

Tones

Color #65a69d mixed toward gray.

#6ba199

#709b95

#759691

#7b908d

#808b8a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#86879f · ΔE 25.7

Deuteranopia

#827da0 · ΔE 29.3

Tritanopia

#6aa1a1 · ΔE 4.4

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 19.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #65a69d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#65a69d]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#65a69d (#65a69d) is rgb(101, 166, 157) in RGB.

No, #65a69d 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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