#6d8c85

Color #6d8c85

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.77 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 10.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6d8c85

RGB

rgb(109, 140, 133)

HSL

hsl(166.5, 12.4%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(166.5, 22.1%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.1%, 0%, 5%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(55.79, -12.44, 0.15)

LCH

lch(55.79, 12.44, 179.31)

OKLCH

oklch(61.4%, 0.0366, 179.69)

HWB

hwb(166.5, 42.7%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8c6d74

Analogous

#6d8c75

#6d8c85

#6d838c

Triadic

#6d8c85

#856d8c

#8c856d

Split-complementary

#6d8c85

#8c6d83

#8c756d

Tetradic

#6d8c85

#6d748c

#8c6d74

#8c856d

Square

#6d8c85

#756d8c

#8c6d74

#838c6d

Shades

Color #6d8c85 mixed toward black.

#5b756f

#495d59

#374642

#242f2c

#121716

Tints

Color #6d8c85 mixed toward white.

#85a09a

#9db3ae

#b6c6c2

#ced9d6

#e7eceb

Tones

Color #6d8c85 mixed toward gray.

#708984

#728782

#758481

#77827f

#7a7f7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.74:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7c87 · ΔE 17.2

Deuteranopia

#7a7787 · ΔE 20.3

Tritanopia

#6f8888 · ΔE 4.2

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 13.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6d8c85;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d8c85]

Related colors

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Turquoise #40e0d0

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Frequently asked questions

#6d8c85 (#6d8c85) is rgb(109, 140, 133) in RGB.

No, #6d8c85 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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