#6d9a9f

Color #6d9a9f

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 5.81 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 11.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6d9a9f

RGB

rgb(109, 154, 159)

HSL

hsl(186, 20.7%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186, 31.4%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.4%, 3.1%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(60.66, -13.89, -7.51)

LCH

lch(60.66, 15.79, 208.4)

OKLCH

oklch(65.6%, 0.0492, 204.64)

HWB

hwb(186, 42.7%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f726d

Analogous

#6d9f8b

#6d9a9f

#6d819f

Triadic

#6d9a9f

#9f6d9a

#9a9f6d

Split-complementary

#6d9a9f

#9f6d81

#9f8b6d

Tetradic

#6d9a9f

#726d9f

#9f726d

#9a9f6d

Square

#6d9a9f

#8b6d9f

#9f726d

#819f6d

Shades

Color #6d9a9f mixed toward black.

#588287

#47686c

#354e51

#233436

#121a1b

Tints

Color #6d9a9f mixed toward white.

#85abaf

#9ebcbf

#b6cccf

#cedddf

#e7eeef

Tones

Color #6d9a9f mixed toward gray.

#71979b

#759397

#799092

#7e8d8e

#82898a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#83839e · ΔE 21.3

Deuteranopia

#807d9e · ΔE 23.5

Tritanopia

#709d9d · ΔE 2.5

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 14.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6d9a9f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d9a9f]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6d9a9f (#6d9a9f) is rgb(109, 154, 159) in RGB.

No, #6d9a9f 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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