#6ba6a5

Color #6ba6a5

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 3.63 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 11.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6ba6a5

RGB

rgb(107, 166, 165)

HSL

hsl(179, 24.9%, 53.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(179, 35.5%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.5%, 0%, 0.6%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(64.25, -19.32, -5.57)

LCH

lch(64.25, 20.11, 196.08)

OKLCH

oklch(68.5%, 0.0614, 194.42)

HWB

hwb(179, 42%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a66b6c

Analogous

#6ba687

#6ba6a5

#6b89a6

Triadic

#6ba6a5

#a56ba6

#a6a56b

Split-complementary

#6ba6a5

#a66b89

#a6876b

Tetradic

#6ba6a5

#6b6ca6

#a66b6c

#a6a56b

Square

#6ba6a5

#876ba6

#a66b6c

#89a66b

Shades

Color #6ba6a5 mixed toward black.

#558e8d

#447271

#335555

#223938

#111c1c

Tints

Color #6ba6a5 mixed toward white.

#84b5b4

#9cc4c3

#b5d2d2

#cee1e1

#e6f0f0

Tones

Color #6ba6a5 mixed toward gray.

#70a1a0

#759c9b

#7a9797

#7f9292

#848d8d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8989a5 · ΔE 24.7

Deuteranopia

#8580a5 · ΔE 27.5

Tritanopia

#6fa5a5 · ΔE 1.1

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 17.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6ba6a5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6ba6a5]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#6ba6a5 (#6ba6a5) is rgb(107, 166, 165) in RGB.

No, #6ba6a5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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