#6ba8a1

Color #6ba8a1

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 6.2 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6ba8a1

RGB

rgb(107, 168, 161)

HSL

hsl(173.1, 26%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(173.1, 36.3%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.3%, 0%, 4.2%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(64.73, -21.33, -2.64)

LCH

lch(64.73, 21.49, 187.06)

OKLCH

oklch(68.8%, 0.0642, 186.62)

HWB

hwb(173.1, 42%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a86b72

Analogous

#6ba882

#6ba8a1

#6b90a8

Triadic

#6ba8a1

#a16ba8

#a8a16b

Split-complementary

#6ba8a1

#a86b90

#a8826b

Tetradic

#6ba8a1

#6b72a8

#a86b72

#a8a16b

Square

#6ba8a1

#826ba8

#a86b72

#90a86b

Shades

Color #6ba8a1 mixed toward black.

#559089

#44736e

#335752

#223a37

#111d1b

Tints

Color #6ba8a1 mixed toward white.

#84b7b1

#9cc5c0

#b5d4d0

#cee2e0

#e6f1ef

Tones

Color #6ba8a1 mixed toward gray.

#70a39d

#759e99

#7a9995

#7f9491

#848f8d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8aa3 · ΔE 25.5

Deuteranopia

#8681a3 · ΔE 28.5

Tritanopia

#6fa4a4 · ΔE 3.6

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 18.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6ba8a1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6ba8a1]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6ba8a1 (#6ba8a1) is rgb(107, 168, 161) in RGB.

No, #6ba8a1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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