#6b7c7e

Color #6b7c7e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 7.18 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 1.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6b7c7e

RGB

rgb(107, 124, 126)

HSL

hsl(186.3, 8.2%, 45.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.3, 15.1%, 49.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.1%, 1.6%, 0%, 50.6%)

LAB

lab(50.74, -5.77, -3.19)

LCH

lch(50.74, 6.59, 208.94)

OKLCH

oklch(57.3%, 0.0202, 205.17)

HWB

hwb(186.3, 42%, 50.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7e6d6b

Analogous

#6b7e77

#6b7c7e

#6b737e

Triadic

#6b7c7e

#7e6b7c

#7c7e6b

Split-complementary

#6b7c7e

#7e6b73

#7e776b

Tetradic

#6b7c7e

#6d6b7e

#7e6d6b

#7c7e6b

Square

#6b7c7e

#776b7e

#7e6d6b

#737e6b

Shades

Color #6b7c7e mixed toward black.

#596769

#475354

#353e3f

#24292a

#121515

Tints

Color #6b7c7e mixed toward white.

#829395

#9ba9aa

#b4bebf

#cdd4d5

#e6e9ea

Tones

Color #6b7c7e mixed toward gray.

#6d7b7c

#6e7a7b

#707879

#717778

#737676

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.81:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#73737e · ΔE 10.8

Deuteranopia

#72707d · ΔE 12.6

Tritanopia

#6c7d7d · ΔE 1.2

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 7.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #6b7c7e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b7c7e]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6b7c7e (#6b7c7e) is rgb(107, 124, 126) in RGB.

No, #6b7c7e 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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