#6da8b1

Color #6da8b1

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 6.03 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6da8b1

RGB

rgb(109, 168, 177)

HSL

hsl(187.9, 30.4%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.9, 38.4%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.4%, 5.1%, 0%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(65.3, -16.79, -10.7)

LCH

lch(65.3, 19.91, 212.51)

OKLCH

oklch(69.4%, 0.0626, 208)

HWB

hwb(187.9, 42.7%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b1766d

Analogous

#6db198

#6da8b1

#6d86b1

Triadic

#6da8b1

#b16da8

#a8b16d

Split-complementary

#6da8b1

#b16d86

#b1986d

Tetradic

#6da8b1

#766db1

#b1766d

#a8b16d

Square

#6da8b1

#986db1

#b1766d

#86b16d

Shades

Color #6da8b1 mixed toward black.

#53929b

#42757c

#32585d

#213a3e

#111d1f

Tints

Color #6da8b1 mixed toward white.

#85b7be

#9ec5cb

#b6d4d8

#cee2e5

#e7f1f2

Tones

Color #6da8b1 mixed toward gray.

#73a4ab

#78a0a6

#7e9ca0

#84979a

#899395

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.89:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8baf · ΔE 23.5

Deuteranopia

#8782ae · ΔE 25.5

Tritanopia

#71adad · ΔE 4.1

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 16.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6da8b1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6da8b1]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Blue #add8e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#6da8b1 (#6da8b1) is rgb(109, 168, 177) in RGB.

No, #6da8b1 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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