#6a8a8d

Color #6a8a8d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.1 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6a8a8d

RGB

rgb(106, 138, 141)

HSL

hsl(185.1, 14.2%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.1, 24.8%, 55.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.8%, 2.1%, 0%, 44.7%)

LAB

lab(55.24, -10.48, -5.29)

LCH

lch(55.24, 11.74, 206.78)

OKLCH

oklch(61%, 0.0363, 203.39)

HWB

hwb(185.1, 41.6%, 44.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8d6d6a

Analogous

#6a8d7e

#6a8a8d

#6a788d

Triadic

#6a8a8d

#8d6a8a

#8a8d6a

Split-complementary

#6a8a8d

#8d6a78

#8d7e6a

Tetradic

#6a8a8d

#6d6a8d

#8d6d6a

#8a8d6a

Square

#6a8a8d

#7e6a8d

#8d6d6a

#788d6a

Shades

Color #6a8a8d mixed toward black.

#587375

#475c5e

#354546

#232e2f

#121717

Tints

Color #6a8a8d mixed toward white.

#829ea1

#9bb2b4

#b4c5c7

#cdd8d9

#e6ecec

Tones

Color #6a8a8d mixed toward gray.

#6d888a

#708587

#738384

#768081

#787e7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.63:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#79798c · ΔE 17.4

Deuteranopia

#77758c · ΔE 19.5

Tritanopia

#6c8c8c · ΔE 1.6

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 12.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a8a8d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a8a8d]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6a8a8d (#6a8a8d) is rgb(106, 138, 141) in RGB.

No, #6a8a8d 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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