#6ba7b5

Color #6ba7b5

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.09 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6ba7b5

RGB

rgb(107, 167, 181)

HSL

hsl(191.4, 33.3%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.4, 40.9%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.9%, 7.7%, 0%, 29%)

LAB

lab(65.04, -15.75, -13.33)

LCH

lch(65.04, 20.63, 220.24)

OKLCH

oklch(69.3%, 0.0653, 214.08)

HWB

hwb(191.4, 42%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b5796b

Analogous

#6bb59e

#6ba7b5

#6b82b5

Triadic

#6ba7b5

#b56ba7

#a7b56b

Split-complementary

#6ba7b5

#b56b82

#b59e6b

Tetradic

#6ba7b5

#796bb5

#b5796b

#a7b56b

Square

#6ba7b5

#9e6bb5

#b5796b

#82b56b

Shades

Color #6ba7b5 mixed toward black.

#5091a0

#407480

#305760

#203a40

#101d20

Tints

Color #6ba7b5 mixed toward white.

#84b6c1

#9cc4ce

#b5d3da

#cee2e6

#e6f0f3

Tones

Color #6ba7b5 mixed toward gray.

#71a3af

#779fa9

#7e9ca3

#84989c

#8a9496

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.82:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#898ab2 · ΔE 22.4

Deuteranopia

#8681b1 · ΔE 24.2

Tritanopia

#6fafaf · ΔE 6.5

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 16.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6ba7b5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6ba7b5]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#6ba7b5 (#6ba7b5) is rgb(107, 167, 181) in RGB.

No, #6ba7b5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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