#6d8585

Color #6d8585

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 9.04 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6d8585

RGB

rgb(109, 133, 133)

HSL

hsl(180, 9.9%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 18%, 52.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(18%, 0%, 0%, 47.8%)

LAB

lab(53.73, -8.57, -2.87)

LCH

lch(53.73, 9.04, 198.52)

OKLCH

oklch(59.8%, 0.0276, 196.4)

HWB

hwb(180, 42.7%, 47.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#856d6d

Analogous

#6d8579

#6d8585

#6d7985

Triadic

#6d8585

#856d85

#85856d

Split-complementary

#6d8585

#856d79

#85796d

Tetradic

#6d8585

#6d6d85

#856d6d

#85856d

Square

#6d8585

#796d85

#856d6d

#79856d

Shades

Color #6d8585 mixed toward black.

#5b6f6f

#495959

#374343

#242c2c

#121616

Tints

Color #6d8585 mixed toward white.

#849a9a

#9dafaf

#b5c3c3

#ced7d7

#e6ebeb

Tones

Color #6d8585 mixed toward gray.

#6f8383

#718181

#737f7f

#757d7d

#777b7b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.34:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#787885 · ΔE 14.3

Deuteranopia

#777585 · ΔE 16.3

Tritanopia

#6e8585 · ΔE 0.3

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 10.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #6d8585;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d8585]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#6d8585 (#6d8585) is rgb(109, 133, 133) in RGB.

No, #6d8585 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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