#6b8888

Color #6b8888

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 10.81 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6b8888

RGB

rgb(107, 136, 136)

HSL

hsl(180, 11.9%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 21.3%, 53.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 0%, 46.7%)

LAB

lab(54.57, -10.22, -3.39)

LCH

lch(54.57, 10.77, 198.35)

OKLCH

oklch(60.5%, 0.0329, 196.23)

HWB

hwb(180, 42%, 46.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#886b6b

Analogous

#6b8879

#6b8888

#6b7988

Triadic

#6b8888

#886b88

#88886b

Split-complementary

#6b8888

#886b79

#88796b

Tetradic

#6b8888

#6b6b88

#886b6b

#88886b

Square

#6b8888

#796b88

#886b6b

#79886b

Shades

Color #6b8888 mixed toward black.

#597171

#475b5b

#354444

#242d2d

#121717

Tints

Color #6b8888 mixed toward white.

#829d9d

#9bb1b1

#b4c4c4

#cdd8d8

#e6ebeb

Tones

Color #6b8888 mixed toward gray.

#6d8585

#708383

#728181

#757e7e

#777c7c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#797988 · ΔE 16.2

Deuteranopia

#777588 · ΔE 18.5

Tritanopia

#6d8888 · ΔE 0.6

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 11.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b8888;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b8888]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#6b8888 (#6b8888) is rgb(107, 136, 136) in RGB.

No, #6b8888 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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