#6c878e

Color #6c878e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 7.04 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6c878e

RGB

rgb(108, 135, 142)

HSL

hsl(192.4, 13.6%, 49%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192.4, 23.9%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.9%, 4.9%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(54.52, -7.92, -6.92)

LCH

lch(54.52, 10.52, 221.14)

OKLCH

oklch(60.5%, 0.0326, 215.25)

HWB

hwb(192.4, 42.4%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e736c

Analogous

#6c8e84

#6c878e

#6c768e

Triadic

#6c878e

#8e6c87

#878e6c

Split-complementary

#6c878e

#8e6c76

#8e846c

Tetradic

#6c878e

#736c8e

#8e736c

#878e6c

Square

#6c878e

#846c8e

#8e736c

#768e6c

Shades

Color #6c878e mixed toward black.

#5a7076

#485a5f

#364347

#242d2f

#121618

Tints

Color #6c878e mixed toward white.

#849ba1

#9dafb4

#b5c3c7

#ced7da

#e6ebec

Tones

Color #6c878e mixed toward gray.

#6f858b

#728488

#748285

#778083

#7a7f80

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.49:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#79798c · ΔE 15

Deuteranopia

#77758c · ΔE 17.1

Tritanopia

#6e8b8b · ΔE 4

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 10.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c878e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c878e]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Frequently asked questions

#6c878e (#6c878e) is rgb(108, 135, 142) in RGB.

No, #6c878e 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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