#69979e

Color #69979e

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 6.32 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 11.1

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Conversions

HEX

#69979e

RGB

rgb(105, 151, 158)

HSL

hsl(187.9, 21.5%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.9, 33.5%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.5%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)

LAB

lab(59.53, -13.7, -8.65)

LCH

lch(59.53, 16.2, 212.27)

OKLCH

oklch(64.6%, 0.0507, 207.88)

HWB

hwb(187.9, 41.2%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9e7069

Analogous

#699e8b

#69979e

#697d9e

Triadic

#69979e

#9e6997

#979e69

Split-complementary

#69979e

#9e697d

#9e8b69

Tetradic

#69979e

#70699e

#9e7069

#979e69

Square

#69979e

#8b699e

#9e7069

#7d9e69

Shades

Color #69979e mixed toward black.

#567f85

#45666b

#344c50

#223335

#11191b

Tints

Color #69979e mixed toward white.

#82a8ae

#9bbabe

#b4cbcf

#cddcdf

#e6eeef

Tones

Color #69979e mixed toward gray.

#6d949a

#729195

#768d91

#7b8a8c

#7f8788

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.52:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#80809c · ΔE 21.3

Deuteranopia

#7d799c · ΔE 23.8

Tritanopia

#6c9b9b · ΔE 3.5

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 14.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #69979e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#69979e]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Blue #add8e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#69979e (#69979e) is rgb(105, 151, 158) in RGB.

No, #69979e 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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