#69a8bd

Color #69a8bd

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.76 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#69a8bd

RGB

rgb(105, 168, 189)

HSL

hsl(195, 38.9%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195, 44.4%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.4%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(65.5, -14.64, -17.11)

LCH

lch(65.5, 22.52, 229.45)

OKLCH

oklch(69.7%, 0.0716, 221.21)

HWB

hwb(195, 41.2%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bd7e69

Analogous

#69bda8

#69a8bd

#697ebd

Triadic

#69a8bd

#bd69a8

#a8bd69

Split-complementary

#69a8bd

#bd697e

#bda869

Tetradic

#69a8bd

#7e69bd

#bd7e69

#a8bd69

Square

#69a8bd

#a869bd

#bd7e69

#7ebd69

Shades

Color #69a8bd mixed toward black.

#4b92aa

#3c7588

#2d5866

#1e3a44

#0f1d22

Tints

Color #69a8bd mixed toward white.

#82b6c8

#9bc5d3

#b4d3de

#cde2e9

#e6f0f4

Tones

Color #69a8bd mixed toward gray.

#70a4b6

#77a1af

#7e9da8

#859aa1

#8c969a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8989b8 · ΔE 21.4

Deuteranopia

#8580b7 · ΔE 22.7

Tritanopia

#6db4b3 · ΔE 9.9

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 17

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Code

CSS

background-color: #69a8bd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#69a8bd]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#69a8bd (#69a8bd) is rgb(105, 168, 189) in RGB.

No, #69a8bd 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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