#6b9297

Color #6b9297

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.21 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 10.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6b9297

RGB

rgb(107, 146, 151)

HSL

hsl(186.8, 17.5%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.8, 29.1%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.1%, 3.3%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(57.96, -12.13, -6.99)

LCH

lch(57.96, 14, 209.95)

OKLCH

oklch(63.3%, 0.0436, 205.98)

HWB

hwb(186.8, 42%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97706b

Analogous

#6b9786

#6b9297

#6b7c97

Triadic

#6b9297

#976b92

#92976b

Split-complementary

#6b9297

#976b7c

#97866b

Tetradic

#6b9297

#706b97

#97706b

#92976b

Square

#6b9297

#866b97

#97706b

#7c976b

Shades

Color #6b9297 mixed toward black.

#597a7e

#476265

#35494c

#233133

#121819

Tints

Color #6b9297 mixed toward white.

#84a4a8

#9cb6ba

#b5c9cb

#cedbdc

#e6edee

Tones

Color #6b9297 mixed toward gray.

#6f8f93

#728c90

#768a8c

#7a8788

#7d8485

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.18:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7e96 · ΔE 19.6

Deuteranopia

#7b7896 · ΔE 22.2

Tritanopia

#6d9595 · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 13.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b9297;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b9297]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6b9297 (#6b9297) is rgb(107, 146, 151) in RGB.

No, #6b9297 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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