#6c8e73

Color #6c8e73

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 18.86 Nearest Tailwind class emerald-600 #009966 · ΔE 12

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Conversions

HEX

#6c8e73

RGB

rgb(108, 142, 115)

HSL

hsl(132.4, 13.6%, 49%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(132.4, 23.9%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.9%, 0%, 19%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(55.86, -17.63, 10.57)

LCH

lch(55.86, 20.56, 149.06)

OKLCH

oklch(61.3%, 0.0557, 150.77)

HWB

hwb(132.4, 42.4%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e6c87

Analogous

#768e6c

#6c8e73

#6c8e84

Triadic

#6c8e73

#736c8e

#8e736c

Split-complementary

#6c8e73

#846c8e

#8e6c76

Tetradic

#6c8e73

#6c878e

#8e6c87

#8e736c

Square

#6c8e73

#6c768e

#8e6c87

#8e846c

Shades

Color #6c8e73 mixed toward black.

#5a7660

#485f4d

#364739

#242f26

#121813

Tints

Color #6c8e73 mixed toward white.

#84a18a

#9db4a1

#b5c7b9

#cedad0

#e6ece8

Tones

Color #6c8e73 mixed toward gray.

#6f8b75

#728876

#748578

#77837a

#7a807b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7c7a · ΔE 16.9

Deuteranopia

#7a777c · ΔE 21.6

Tritanopia

#6e8081 · ΔE 13.5

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 17.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c8e73;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c8e73]

Related colors

Forest Green #228b22

Mint Green #98ff98

Dark Green #006400

Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f

Green #008000

Honeydew #f0fff0

Frequently asked questions

#6c8e73 (#6c8e73) is rgb(108, 142, 115) in RGB.

No, #6c8e73 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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