#6c838b

Color #6c838b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 5.52 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6c838b

RGB

rgb(108, 131, 139)

HSL

hsl(195.5, 12.6%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195.5, 22.3%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.3%, 5.8%, 0%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(53.26, -6.38, -7.06)

LCH

lch(53.26, 9.52, 227.9)

OKLCH

oklch(59.5%, 0.0293, 220.98)

HWB

hwb(195.5, 42.4%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b746c

Analogous

#6c8b83

#6c838b

#6c738b

Triadic

#6c838b

#8b6c83

#838b6c

Split-complementary

#6c838b

#8b6c73

#8b836c

Tetradic

#6c838b

#746c8b

#8b746c

#838b6c

Square

#6c838b

#836c8b

#8b746c

#738b6c

Shades

Color #6c838b mixed toward black.

#5a6d74

#48575d

#364145

#242c2e

#121617

Tints

Color #6c838b mixed toward white.

#84989f

#9cadb2

#b5c1c5

#ced6d9

#e6eaec

Tones

Color #6c838b mixed toward gray.

#6e8288

#718086

#747f83

#767e81

#797d7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.26:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#777789 · ΔE 13.2

Deuteranopia

#757489 · ΔE 14.7

Tritanopia

#6d8887 · ΔE 5.5

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 9.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c838b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c838b]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#6c838b (#6c838b) is rgb(108, 131, 139) in RGB.

No, #6c838b 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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