#6b8c8f

Color #6b8c8f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.28 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6b8c8f

RGB

rgb(107, 140, 143)

HSL

hsl(185, 14.4%, 49%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185, 25.2%, 56.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.2%, 2.1%, 0%, 43.9%)

LAB

lab(55.95, -10.78, -5.38)

LCH

lch(55.95, 12.05, 206.52)

OKLCH

oklch(61.6%, 0.0373, 203.2)

HWB

hwb(185, 42%, 43.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8f6e6b

Analogous

#6b8f80

#6b8c8f

#6b7a8f

Triadic

#6b8c8f

#8f6b8c

#8c8f6b

Split-complementary

#6b8c8f

#8f6b7a

#8f806b

Tetradic

#6b8c8f

#6e6b8f

#8f6e6b

#8c8f6b

Square

#6b8c8f

#806b8f

#8f6e6b

#7a8f6b

Shades

Color #6b8c8f mixed toward black.

#597577

#475d5f

#354647

#242f30

#121718

Tints

Color #6b8c8f mixed toward white.

#83a0a2

#9cb3b5

#b5c6c7

#cdd9da

#e6ecec

Tones

Color #6b8c8f mixed toward gray.

#6e898c

#718789

#748486

#778283

#7a7f80

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7b8e · ΔE 17.6

Deuteranopia

#79768e · ΔE 20.3

Tritanopia

#6d8e8e · ΔE 1.6

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 12.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6b8c8f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b8c8f]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6b8c8f (#6b8c8f) is rgb(107, 140, 143) in RGB.

No, #6b8c8f 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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