#6d8986

Color #6d8986

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 10.79 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6d8986

RGB

rgb(109, 137, 134)

HSL

hsl(173.6, 11.4%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(173.6, 20.4%, 53.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.4%, 0%, 2.2%, 46.3%)

LAB

lab(54.93, -10.57, -1.68)

LCH

lch(54.93, 10.7, 189.03)

OKLCH

oklch(60.8%, 0.0321, 188.23)

HWB

hwb(173.6, 42.7%, 46.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#896d70

Analogous

#6d8978

#6d8986

#6d7e89

Triadic

#6d8986

#866d89

#89866d

Split-complementary

#6d8986

#896d7e

#89786d

Tetradic

#6d8986

#6d7089

#896d70

#89866d

Square

#6d8986

#786d89

#896d70

#7e896d

Shades

Color #6d8986 mixed toward black.

#5b7270

#495b59

#364443

#242e2d

#121716

Tints

Color #6d8986 mixed toward white.

#849d9b

#9db1af

#b5c4c3

#ced8d7

#e6ebeb

Tones

Color #6d8986 mixed toward gray.

#6f8784

#728482

#748280

#76807f

#797d7d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.57:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7a87 · ΔE 16.1

Deuteranopia

#787687 · ΔE 18.5

Tritanopia

#6f8787 · ΔE 2.2

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 11.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6d8986;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d8986]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6d8986 (#6d8986) is rgb(109, 137, 134) in RGB.

No, #6d8986 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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