#6ba6ab

Color #6ba6ab

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 3.97 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 11

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Conversions

HEX

#6ba6ab

RGB

rgb(107, 166, 171)

HSL

hsl(184.7, 27.6%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.7, 37.4%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.4%, 2.9%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(64.43, -17.82, -8.66)

LCH

lch(64.43, 19.81, 205.92)

OKLCH

oklch(68.7%, 0.0617, 202.58)

HWB

hwb(184.7, 42%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ab706b

Analogous

#6bab90

#6ba6ab

#6b86ab

Triadic

#6ba6ab

#ab6ba6

#a6ab6b

Split-complementary

#6ba6ab

#ab6b86

#ab906b

Tetradic

#6ba6ab

#706bab

#ab706b

#a6ab6b

Square

#6ba6ab

#906bab

#ab706b

#86ab6b

Shades

Color #6ba6ab mixed toward black.

#548f94

#437276

#325659

#22393b

#111d1e

Tints

Color #6ba6ab mixed toward white.

#84b5b9

#9cc4c7

#b5d2d5

#cee1e3

#e6f0f1

Tones

Color #6ba6ab mixed toward gray.

#70a1a6

#769da0

#7b989b

#809496

#868f90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8989aa · ΔE 24.2

Deuteranopia

#8580aa · ΔE 26.4

Tritanopia

#6fa9a9 · ΔE 2.3

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 17.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6ba6ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6ba6ab]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6ba6ab (#6ba6ab) is rgb(107, 166, 171) in RGB.

No, #6ba6ab is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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