#6c7e80

Color #6c7e80

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 7.26 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6c7e80

RGB

rgb(108, 126, 128)

HSL

hsl(186, 8.5%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186, 15.6%, 50.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.6%, 1.6%, 0%, 49.8%)

LAB

lab(51.46, -6.11, -3.3)

LCH

lch(51.46, 6.94, 208.37)

OKLCH

oklch(57.9%, 0.0213, 204.64)

HWB

hwb(186, 42.4%, 49.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#806e6c

Analogous

#6c8078

#6c7e80

#6c7480

Triadic

#6c7e80

#806c7e

#7e806c

Split-complementary

#6c7e80

#806c74

#80786c

Tetradic

#6c7e80

#6e6c80

#806e6c

#7e806c

Square

#6c7e80

#786c80

#806e6c

#74806c

Shades

Color #6c7e80 mixed toward black.

#5a696b

#485455

#363f40

#242a2b

#121515

Tints

Color #6c7e80 mixed toward white.

#839597

#9caaab

#b5bfc0

#cdd4d5

#e6eaea

Tones

Color #6c7e80 mixed toward gray.

#6e7d7e

#6f7b7d

#717a7b

#737979

#747778

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#747480 · ΔE 11.5

Deuteranopia

#73727f · ΔE 12.5

Tritanopia

#6d7f7f · ΔE 1.1

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c7e80;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c7e80]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6c7e80 (#6c7e80) is rgb(108, 126, 128) in RGB.

No, #6c7e80 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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