#6a9faf

Color #6a9faf

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.13 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6a9faf

RGB

rgb(106, 159, 175)

HSL

hsl(193.9, 30.1%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193.9, 39.4%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.4%, 9.1%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(62.47, -13.33, -13.85)

LCH

lch(62.47, 19.22, 226.1)

OKLCH

oklch(67.1%, 0.0607, 218.78)

HWB

hwb(193.9, 41.6%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#af7a6a

Analogous

#6aaf9c

#6a9faf

#6a7daf

Triadic

#6a9faf

#af6a9f

#9faf6a

Split-complementary

#6a9faf

#af6a7d

#af9c6a

Tetradic

#6a9faf

#7a6aaf

#af7a6a

#9faf6a

Square

#6a9faf

#9c6aaf

#af7a6a

#7daf6a

Shades

Color #6a9faf mixed toward black.

#528898

#416d7a

#31525b

#21363d

#101b1e

Tints

Color #6a9faf mixed toward white.

#83afbc

#9cbfca

#b5cfd7

#cddfe4

#e6eff2

Tones

Color #6a9faf mixed toward gray.

#709ca9

#7699a3

#7b969e

#819398

#879092

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8485ab · ΔE 20.9

Deuteranopia

#817daa · ΔE 22.6

Tritanopia

#6da8a8 · ΔE 7.8

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 15.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a9faf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a9faf]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#6a9faf (#6a9faf) is rgb(106, 159, 175) in RGB.

No, #6a9faf 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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