#6aa2bb

Color #6aa2bb

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 14.01 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6aa2bb

RGB

rgb(106, 162, 187)

HSL

hsl(198.5, 37.3%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.5, 43.3%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.3%, 13.4%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(63.75, -11.71, -18.65)

LCH

lch(63.75, 22.02, 237.88)

OKLCH

oklch(68.3%, 0.0693, 227.98)

HWB

hwb(198.5, 41.6%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bb836a

Analogous

#6abbac

#6aa2bb

#6a7abb

Triadic

#6aa2bb

#bb6aa2

#a2bb6a

Split-complementary

#6aa2bb

#bb6a7a

#bbac6a

Tetradic

#6aa2bb

#836abb

#bb836a

#a2bb6a

Square

#6aa2bb

#ac6abb

#bb836a

#7abb6a

Shades

Color #6aa2bb mixed toward black.

#4d8ca8

#3d7086

#2e5465

#1f3843

#0f1c22

Tints

Color #6aa2bb mixed toward white.

#83b2c6

#9cc1d2

#b5d1dd

#cde0e8

#e6f0f4

Tones

Color #6aa2bb mixed toward gray.

#71a0b4

#789dae

#7e9aa7

#8598a0

#8c9599

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8686b5 · ΔE 19.3

Deuteranopia

#837eb4 · ΔE 20.5

Tritanopia

#6eb1b0 · ΔE 12

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 16.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6aa2bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6aa2bb]

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Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

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Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#6aa2bb (#6aa2bb) is rgb(106, 162, 187) in RGB.

No, #6aa2bb 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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