#6da6ad

Color #6da6ad

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 4.98 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6da6ad

RGB

rgb(109, 166, 173)

HSL

hsl(186.6, 28.1%, 55.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.6, 37%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(37%, 4%, 0%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(64.6, -16.76, -9.52)

LCH

lch(64.6, 19.28, 209.6)

OKLCH

oklch(68.8%, 0.0603, 205.63)

HWB

hwb(186.6, 42.7%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ad746d

Analogous

#6dad94

#6da6ad

#6d86ad

Triadic

#6da6ad

#ad6da6

#a6ad6d

Split-complementary

#6da6ad

#ad6d86

#ad946d

Tetradic

#6da6ad

#746dad

#ad746d

#a6ad6d

Square

#6da6ad

#946dad

#ad746d

#86ad6d

Shades

Color #6da6ad mixed toward black.

#548f97

#447378

#33565a

#22393c

#111d1e

Tints

Color #6da6ad mixed toward white.

#85b5bb

#9ec4c8

#b6d2d6

#cee1e4

#e7f0f1

Tones

Color #6da6ad mixed toward gray.

#72a2a8

#789ea2

#7d9a9d

#829598

#889192

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#898aab · ΔE 23.2

Deuteranopia

#8682ab · ΔE 25.4

Tritanopia

#71aaaa · ΔE 3.2

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 16.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6da6ad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6da6ad]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6da6ad (#6da6ad) is rgb(109, 166, 173) in RGB.

No, #6da6ad 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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