#6898a5

Color #6898a5

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.37 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6898a5

RGB

rgb(104, 152, 165)

HSL

hsl(192.8, 25.3%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192.8, 37%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(37%, 7.9%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(59.99, -12.73, -11.94)

LCH

lch(59.99, 17.45, 223.17)

OKLCH

oklch(65%, 0.055, 216.49)

HWB

hwb(192.8, 40.8%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a57568

Analogous

#68a593

#6898a5

#6879a5

Triadic

#6898a5

#a56898

#98a568

Split-complementary

#6898a5

#a56879

#a59368

Tetradic

#6898a5

#7568a5

#a57568

#98a568

Square

#6898a5

#9368a5

#a57568

#79a568

Shades

Color #6898a5 mixed toward black.

#54808c

#436770

#324d54

#213338

#111a1c

Tints

Color #6898a5 mixed toward white.

#81a9b4

#9abac3

#b3cbd2

#cddde1

#e6eef0

Tones

Color #6898a5 mixed toward gray.

#6d95a0

#72929b

#778f96

#7c8c91

#81898b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.62:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8080a2 · ΔE 20.9

Deuteranopia

#7d79a1 · ΔE 22.8

Tritanopia

#6ba09f · ΔE 7

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 14.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6898a5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6898a5]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Frequently asked questions

#6898a5 (#6898a5) is rgb(104, 152, 165) in RGB.

No, #6898a5 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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