#6b8f94

Color #6b8f94

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.45 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6b8f94

RGB

rgb(107, 143, 148)

HSL

hsl(187.3, 16.1%, 50%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.3, 27.7%, 58%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.7%, 3.4%, 0%, 42%)

LAB

lab(56.99, -11.22, -6.72)

LCH

lch(56.99, 13.08, 210.92)

OKLCH

oklch(62.5%, 0.0407, 206.75)

HWB

hwb(187.3, 42%, 42%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#94706b

Analogous

#6b9484

#6b8f94

#6b7b94

Triadic

#6b8f94

#946b8f

#8f946b

Split-complementary

#6b8f94

#946b7b

#94846b

Tetradic

#6b8f94

#706b94

#94706b

#8f946b

Square

#6b8f94

#846b94

#94706b

#7b946b

Shades

Color #6b8f94 mixed toward black.

#59777b

#475f63

#35484a

#243031

#121819

Tints

Color #6b8f94 mixed toward white.

#84a2a6

#9cb4b8

#b5c7ca

#cedadb

#e6eced

Tones

Color #6b8f94 mixed toward gray.

#6e8c91

#728a8d

#75878a

#798586

#7c8283

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7d93 · ΔE 18.1

Deuteranopia

#7a7793 · ΔE 21.2

Tritanopia

#6d9292 · ΔE 2.7

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 12.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b8f94;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b8f94]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6b8f94 (#6b8f94) is rgb(107, 143, 148) in RGB.

No, #6b8f94 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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