#6b8285

Color #6b8285

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 8.24 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6b8285

RGB

rgb(107, 130, 133)

HSL

hsl(186.9, 10.8%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.9, 19.5%, 52.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.5%, 2.3%, 0%, 47.8%)

LAB

lab(52.71, -7.57, -4.38)

LCH

lch(52.71, 8.75, 210.05)

OKLCH

oklch(59%, 0.027, 206.18)

HWB

hwb(186.9, 42%, 47.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#856e6b

Analogous

#6b857b

#6b8285

#6b7585

Triadic

#6b8285

#856b82

#82856b

Split-complementary

#6b8285

#856b75

#857b6b

Tetradic

#6b8285

#6e6b85

#856e6b

#82856b

Square

#6b8285

#7b6b85

#856e6b

#75856b

Shades

Color #6b8285 mixed toward black.

#596c6f

#475759

#364143

#242b2c

#121616

Tints

Color #6b8285 mixed toward white.

#82989b

#9badaf

#b4c1c3

#cdd6d7

#e6eaeb

Tones

Color #6b8285 mixed toward gray.

#6d8083

#6f7f81

#727d7f

#747b7c

#767a7a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.16:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#767684 · ΔE 13.4

Deuteranopia

#747384 · ΔE 15

Tritanopia

#6c8484 · ΔE 1.8

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 9.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b8285;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b8285]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6b8285 (#6b8285) is rgb(107, 130, 133) in RGB.

No, #6b8285 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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