#6bbdc7

Color #6bbdc7

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 12.41 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6bbdc7

RGB

rgb(107, 189, 199)

HSL

hsl(186.5, 45.1%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.5, 46.2%, 78%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.2%, 5%, 0%, 22%)

LAB

lab(71.99, -22.37, -12.83)

LCH

lch(71.99, 25.79, 209.84)

OKLCH

oklch(75%, 0.0814, 205.71)

HWB

hwb(186.5, 42%, 22%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c7756b

Analogous

#6bc7a3

#6bbdc7

#6b8fc7

Triadic

#6bbdc7

#c76bbd

#bdc76b

Split-complementary

#6bbdc7

#c76b8f

#c7a36b

Tetradic

#6bbdc7

#756bc7

#c7756b

#bdc76b

Square

#6bbdc7

#a36bc7

#c7756b

#8fc76b

Shades

Color #6bbdc7 mixed toward black.

#46adb9

#388a94

#2a686f

#1c454a

#0e2325

Tints

Color #6bbdc7 mixed toward white.

#84c8d0

#9cd3da

#b5dee3

#cee9ec

#e6f4f6

Tones

Color #6bbdc7 mixed toward gray.

#73b7bf

#7ab1b8

#82abb0

#8aa5a8

#919fa1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.73:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9696c5 · ΔE 25.8

Deuteranopia

#918ac4 · ΔE 28

Tritanopia

#71c3c2 · ΔE 4.6

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 19.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6bbdc7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6bbdc7]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6bbdc7 (#6bbdc7) is rgb(107, 189, 199) in RGB.

No, #6bbdc7 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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