#6c8b83

Color #6c8b83

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 12.17 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 10.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6c8b83

RGB

rgb(108, 139, 131)

HSL

hsl(164.5, 12.6%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(164.5, 22.3%, 54.5%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(55.37, -12.68, 0.69)

LCH

lch(55.37, 12.7, 176.89)

OKLCH

oklch(61.1%, 0.037, 177.52)

HWB

hwb(164.5, 42.4%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b6c74

Analogous

#6c8b73

#6c8b83

#6c838b

Triadic

#6c8b83

#836c8b

#8b836c

Split-complementary

#6c8b83

#8b6c83

#8b736c

Tetradic

#6c8b83

#6c748b

#8b6c74

#8b836c

Square

#6c8b83

#736c8b

#8b6c74

#838b6c

Shades

Color #6c8b83 mixed toward black.

#5a746d

#485d57

#364541

#242e2c

#121716

Tints

Color #6c8b83 mixed toward white.

#849f98

#9cb2ad

#b5c5c1

#ced9d6

#e6ecea

Tones

Color #6c8b83 mixed toward gray.

#6e8882

#718680

#74837f

#76817e

#797e7d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.66:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7b85 · ΔE 17.1

Deuteranopia

#797685 · ΔE 20.3

Tritanopia

#6e8787 · ΔE 4.6

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 13.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c8b83;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c8b83]

Related colors

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Frequently asked questions

#6c8b83 (#6c8b83) is rgb(108, 139, 131) in RGB.

No, #6c8b83 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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