#6d9297

Color #6d9297

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.74 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6d9297

RGB

rgb(109, 146, 151)

HSL

hsl(187.1, 16.8%, 51%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.1, 27.8%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.8%, 3.3%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(58.08, -11.52, -6.8)

LCH

lch(58.08, 13.38, 210.55)

OKLCH

oklch(63.4%, 0.0415, 206.44)

HWB

hwb(187.1, 42.7%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97726d

Analogous

#6d9787

#6d9297

#6d7d97

Triadic

#6d9297

#976d92

#92976d

Split-complementary

#6d9297

#976d7d

#97876d

Tetradic

#6d9297

#726d97

#97726d

#92976d

Square

#6d9297

#876d97

#97726d

#7d976d

Shades

Color #6d9297 mixed toward black.

#5a7a7f

#486265

#36494c

#243133

#121819

Tints

Color #6d9297 mixed toward white.

#85a4a8

#9eb6ba

#b6c9cb

#cedbdc

#e7edee

Tones

Color #6d9297 mixed toward gray.

#718f94

#748d90

#788a8d

#7b8789

#7f8586

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.21:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7f96 · ΔE 18.9

Deuteranopia

#7d7a96 · ΔE 21.4

Tritanopia

#6f9595 · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 13.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6d9297;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d9297]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6d9297 (#6d9297) is rgb(109, 146, 151) in RGB.

No, #6d9297 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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