#6db4bc

Color #6db4bc

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.79 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6db4bc

RGB

rgb(109, 180, 188)

HSL

hsl(186.1, 37.1%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.1, 42%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(42%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(69.13, -20.18, -11.07)

LCH

lch(69.13, 23.02, 208.75)

OKLCH

oklch(72.6%, 0.0722, 204.9)

HWB

hwb(186.1, 42.7%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bc756d

Analogous

#6dbc9c

#6db4bc

#6d8cbc

Triadic

#6db4bc

#bc6db4

#b4bc6d

Split-complementary

#6db4bc

#bc6d8c

#bc9c6d

Tetradic

#6db4bc

#756dbc

#bc756d

#b4bc6d

Square

#6db4bc

#9c6dbc

#bc756d

#8cbc6d

Shades

Color #6db4bc mixed toward black.

#4ea0aa

#3e8088

#2f6066

#1f4044

#102022

Tints

Color #6db4bc mixed toward white.

#85c0c7

#9ecdd2

#b6d9dd

#cee6e9

#e7f2f4

Tones

Color #6db4bc mixed toward gray.

#73afb5

#7aa9af

#81a4a8

#879fa2

#8e9a9b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9192ba · ΔE 24.8

Deuteranopia

#8d87ba · ΔE 27

Tritanopia

#72b9b8 · ΔE 3.9

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 18.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6db4bc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6db4bc]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6db4bc (#6db4bc) is rgb(109, 180, 188) in RGB.

No, #6db4bc 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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