#6a8e97

Color #6a8e97

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.35 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6a8e97

RGB

rgb(106, 142, 151)

HSL

hsl(192, 17.8%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192, 29.8%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.8%, 6%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(56.73, -10.24, -8.83)

LCH

lch(56.73, 13.52, 220.77)

OKLCH

oklch(62.3%, 0.0422, 214.78)

HWB

hwb(192, 41.6%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97736a

Analogous

#6a978a

#6a8e97

#6a7897

Triadic

#6a8e97

#976a8e

#8e976a

Split-complementary

#6a8e97

#976a78

#978a6a

Tetradic

#6a8e97

#736a97

#97736a

#8e976a

Square

#6a8e97

#8a6a97

#97736a

#78976a

Shades

Color #6a8e97 mixed toward black.

#58777e

#465f65

#35474c

#232f32

#121819

Tints

Color #6a8e97 mixed toward white.

#83a1a8

#9cb4ba

#b5c7cb

#cdd9dc

#e6ecee

Tones

Color #6a8e97 mixed toward gray.

#6e8c93

#728a90

#75878c

#798588

#7d8384

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7c95 · ΔE 17.8

Deuteranopia

#797694 · ΔE 20.6

Tritanopia

#6c9393 · ΔE 4.9

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 12.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a8e97;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a8e97]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Frequently asked questions

#6a8e97 (#6a8e97) is rgb(106, 142, 151) in RGB.

No, #6a8e97 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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