#678c8b

Color #678c8b

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.47 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#678c8b

RGB

rgb(103, 140, 139)

HSL

hsl(178.4, 15.2%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(178.4, 26.4%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.4%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(55.59, -13.01, -3.64)

LCH

lch(55.59, 13.51, 195.63)

OKLCH

oklch(61.2%, 0.0411, 194.07)

HWB

hwb(178.4, 40.4%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8c6768

Analogous

#678c78

#678c8b

#677a8c

Triadic

#678c8b

#8b678c

#8c8b67

Split-complementary

#678c8b

#8c677a

#8c7867

Tetradic

#678c8b

#67688c

#8c6768

#8c8b67

Square

#678c8b

#78678c

#8c6768

#7a8c67

Shades

Color #678c8b mixed toward black.

#567574

#455d5d

#334645

#222f2e

#111717

Tints

Color #678c8b mixed toward white.

#7fa1a0

#98b3b3

#b2c6c6

#ccd9d9

#e5ecec

Tones

Color #678c8b mixed toward gray.

#6a8988

#6d8685

#708382

#73807f

#767c7c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#79798b · ΔE 19.3

Deuteranopia

#77748b · ΔE 22

Tritanopia

#698b8b · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 13.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #678c8b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#678c8b]

Related colors

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Frequently asked questions

#678c8b (#678c8b) is rgb(103, 140, 139) in RGB.

No, #678c8b 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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