#6ac2cd

Color #6ac2cd

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 12.81 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6ac2cd

RGB

rgb(106, 194, 205)

HSL

hsl(186.7, 49.7%, 61%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.7, 48.3%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.3%, 5.4%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(73.58, -23.52, -13.72)

LCH

lch(73.58, 27.23, 210.26)

OKLCH

oklch(76.3%, 0.086, 206.06)

HWB

hwb(186.7, 41.6%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cd756a

Analogous

#6acda7

#6ac2cd

#6a91cd

Triadic

#6ac2cd

#cd6ac2

#c2cd6a

Split-complementary

#6ac2cd

#cd6a91

#cda76a

Tetradic

#6ac2cd

#756acd

#cd756a

#c2cd6a

Square

#6ac2cd

#a76acd

#cd756a

#91cd6a

Shades

Color #6ac2cd mixed toward black.

#43b2c0

#34909b

#276c74

#1a484e

#0d2427

Tints

Color #6ac2cd mixed toward white.

#83ccd5

#9cd6de

#b5e0e6

#cdebee

#e6f5f7

Tones

Color #6ac2cd mixed toward gray.

#72bcc5

#7bb5bd

#83afb4

#8ba8ac

#93a2a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9899ca · ΔE 26

Deuteranopia

#938cca · ΔE 28.5

Tritanopia

#71c8c8 · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6ac2cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6ac2cd]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6ac2cd (#6ac2cd) is rgb(106, 194, 205) in RGB.

No, #6ac2cd 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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