#6a9697

Color #6a9697

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 5.87 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 11.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6a9697

RGB

rgb(106, 150, 151)

HSL

hsl(181.3, 17.8%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(181.3, 29.8%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.8%, 0.7%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(59.08, -14.6, -5.34)

LCH

lch(59.08, 15.55, 200.09)

OKLCH

oklch(64.2%, 0.0478, 197.79)

HWB

hwb(181.3, 41.6%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#976b6a

Analogous

#6a9781

#6a9697

#6a8097

Triadic

#6a9697

#976a96

#96976a

Split-complementary

#6a9697

#976a80

#97816a

Tetradic

#6a9697

#6b6a97

#976b6a

#96976a

Square

#6a9697

#816a97

#976b6a

#80976a

Shades

Color #6a9697 mixed toward black.

#587d7e

#466465

#354b4c

#233232

#121919

Tints

Color #6a9697 mixed toward white.

#83a8a8

#9cb9ba

#b5cbcb

#cddcdc

#e6eeee

Tones

Color #6a9697 mixed toward gray.

#6e9293

#728f90

#758b8c

#798888

#7d8484

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.42:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f8097 · ΔE 20.9

Deuteranopia

#7d7997 · ΔE 24.4

Tritanopia

#6d9797 · ΔE 0.7

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 14.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a9697;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a9697]

Related colors

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#6a9697 (#6a9697) is rgb(106, 150, 151) in RGB.

No, #6a9697 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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