#6ab0ac

Color #6ab0ac

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.46 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6ab0ac

RGB

rgb(106, 176, 172)

HSL

hsl(176.6, 30.7%, 55.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(176.6, 39.8%, 69%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.8%, 0%, 2.3%, 31%)

LAB

lab(67.35, -22.98, -4.9)

LCH

lch(67.35, 23.5, 192.04)

OKLCH

oklch(71%, 0.0711, 191.03)

HWB

hwb(176.6, 41.6%, 31%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b06a6e

Analogous

#6ab089

#6ab0ac

#6a91b0

Triadic

#6ab0ac

#ac6ab0

#b0ac6a

Split-complementary

#6ab0ac

#b06a91

#b0896a

Tetradic

#6ab0ac

#6a6eb0

#b06a6e

#b0ac6a

Square

#6ab0ac

#896ab0

#b06a6e

#91b06a

Shades

Color #6ab0ac mixed toward black.

#519a96

#417b78

#315c5a

#213d3c

#101f1e

Tints

Color #6ab0ac mixed toward white.

#83bdba

#9ccac8

#b5d8d6

#cde5e3

#e6f2f1

Tones

Color #6ab0ac mixed toward gray.

#70aaa7

#76a4a2

#7c9f9d

#819997

#879392

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8ead · ΔE 26.5

Deuteranopia

#8a84ad · ΔE 29.3

Tritanopia

#6faeae · ΔE 2.1

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6ab0ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6ab0ac]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Turquoise #40e0d0

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6ab0ac (#6ab0ac) is rgb(106, 176, 172) in RGB.

No, #6ab0ac is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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