#6ba6ae

Color #6ba6ae

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 5.11 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6ba6ae

RGB

rgb(107, 166, 174)

HSL

hsl(187.2, 29.3%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.2, 38.5%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.5%, 4.6%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(64.53, -17.05, -10.2)

LCH

lch(64.53, 19.87, 210.89)

OKLCH

oklch(68.8%, 0.0623, 206.69)

HWB

hwb(187.2, 42%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae736b

Analogous

#6bae95

#6ba6ae

#6b84ae

Triadic

#6ba6ae

#ae6ba6

#a6ae6b

Split-complementary

#6ba6ae

#ae6b84

#ae956b

Tetradic

#6ba6ae

#736bae

#ae736b

#a6ae6b

Square

#6ba6ae

#956bae

#ae736b

#84ae6b

Shades

Color #6ba6ae mixed toward black.

#538f97

#427379

#32565b

#21393d

#111d1e

Tints

Color #6ba6ae mixed toward white.

#84b5bc

#9cc4c9

#b5d3d7

#cee1e4

#e6f0f2

Tones

Color #6ba6ae mixed toward gray.

#71a2a8

#769ea3

#7c999d

#819598

#879192

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8989ac · ΔE 23.7

Deuteranopia

#8580ac · ΔE 25.7

Tritanopia

#6fabaa · ΔE 4.1

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 16.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6ba6ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6ba6ae]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6ba6ae (#6ba6ae) is rgb(107, 166, 174) in RGB.

No, #6ba6ae 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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