#6c817e

Color #6c817e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 8.4 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6c817e

RGB

rgb(108, 129, 126)

HSL

hsl(171.4, 8.9%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(171.4, 16.3%, 50.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.3%, 0%, 2.3%, 49.4%)

LAB

lab(52.28, -8.25, -0.92)

LCH

lch(52.28, 8.3, 186.36)

OKLCH

oklch(58.6%, 0.0248, 186.01)

HWB

hwb(171.4, 42.4%, 49.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#816c6f

Analogous

#6c8174

#6c817e

#6c7a81

Triadic

#6c817e

#7e6c81

#817e6c

Split-complementary

#6c817e

#816c7a

#81746c

Tetradic

#6c817e

#6c6f81

#816c6f

#817e6c

Square

#6c817e

#746c81

#816c6f

#7a816c

Shades

Color #6c817e mixed toward black.

#5a6c69

#485654

#36413f

#242b2a

#121615

Tints

Color #6c817e mixed toward white.

#839795

#9cacaa

#b5c1bf

#cdd6d4

#e6eaea

Tones

Color #6c817e mixed toward gray.

#6e7f7d

#707e7c

#717c7a

#737a79

#757878

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.08:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#76767f · ΔE 12.9

Deuteranopia

#74737f · ΔE 14.6

Tritanopia

#6d7f7f · ΔE 2.2

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 9.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c817e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c817e]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6c817e (#6c817e) is rgb(108, 129, 126) in RGB.

No, #6c817e 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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