#6aaebd

Color #6aaebd

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.54 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6aaebd

RGB

rgb(106, 174, 189)

HSL

hsl(190.8, 38.6%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(190.8, 43.9%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.9%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(67.28, -17.56, -14.41)

LCH

lch(67.28, 22.72, 219.37)

OKLCH

oklch(71.1%, 0.0722, 213.36)

HWB

hwb(190.8, 41.6%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bd796a

Analogous

#6abda2

#6aaebd

#6a84bd

Triadic

#6aaebd

#bd6aae

#aebd6a

Split-complementary

#6aaebd

#bd6a84

#bda26a

Tetradic

#6aaebd

#796abd

#bd796a

#aebd6a

Square

#6aaebd

#a26abd

#bd796a

#84bd6a

Shades

Color #6aaebd mixed toward black.

#4b99aa

#3c7b88

#2d5c66

#1e3d44

#0f1f22

Tints

Color #6aaebd mixed toward white.

#83bbc8

#9cc9d3

#b4d6de

#cde4e9

#e6f1f4

Tones

Color #6aaebd mixed toward gray.

#71aab6

#78a5af

#7fa1a8

#869ca1

#8c989a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.4:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8dba · ΔE 23.4

Deuteranopia

#8983b9 · ΔE 25

Tritanopia

#6fb7b6 · ΔE 7.1

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 17.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6aaebd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6aaebd]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#6aaebd (#6aaebd) is rgb(106, 174, 189) in RGB.

No, #6aaebd 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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