#6c857b

Color #6c857b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 11.39 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6c857b

RGB

rgb(108, 133, 123)

HSL

hsl(156, 10.4%, 47.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(156, 18.8%, 52.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.8%, 0%, 7.5%, 47.8%)

LAB

lab(53.38, -11.13, 2.42)

LCH

lch(53.38, 11.39, 167.73)

OKLCH

oklch(59.4%, 0.0325, 169)

HWB

hwb(156, 42.4%, 47.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#856c76

Analogous

#6c856f

#6c857b

#6c8385

Triadic

#6c857b

#7b6c85

#857b6c

Split-complementary

#6c857b

#856c83

#856f6c

Tetradic

#6c857b

#6c7685

#856c76

#857b6c

Square

#6c857b

#6f6c85

#856c76

#83856c

Shades

Color #6c857b mixed toward black.

#5a6f67

#485952

#36433e

#242c29

#121615

Tints

Color #6c857b mixed toward white.

#839b91

#9cafa7

#b5c3bd

#ced7d3

#e6ebe9

Tones

Color #6c857b mixed toward gray.

#6e837b

#70817a

#727f7a

#747d79

#777b79

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.28:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#78787e · ΔE 14.8

Deuteranopia

#76747e · ΔE 17.4

Tritanopia

#6d7f80 · ΔE 6.5

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 12.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c857b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c857b]

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Medium Sea Green #3cb371

Frequently asked questions

#6c857b (#6c857b) is rgb(108, 133, 123) in RGB.

No, #6c857b 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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