#6db7bc

Color #6db7bc

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.38 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6db7bc

RGB

rgb(109, 183, 188)

HSL

hsl(183.8, 37.1%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.8, 42%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(42%, 2.7%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(70, -21.71, -9.77)

LCH

lch(70, 23.81, 204.23)

OKLCH

oklch(73.3%, 0.0742, 201.27)

HWB

hwb(183.8, 42.7%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bc726d

Analogous

#6dbc99

#6db7bc

#6d8fbc

Triadic

#6db7bc

#bc6db7

#b7bc6d

Split-complementary

#6db7bc

#bc6d8f

#bc996d

Tetradic

#6db7bc

#726dbc

#bc726d

#b7bc6d

Square

#6db7bc

#996dbc

#bc726d

#8fbc6d

Shades

Color #6db7bc mixed toward black.

#4ea4aa

#3e8388

#2f6266

#1f4144

#102122

Tints

Color #6db7bc mixed toward white.

#85c3c7

#9ecfd2

#b6dbdd

#cee7e9

#e7f3f4

Tones

Color #6db7bc mixed toward gray.

#73b1b5

#7aabaf

#81a6a8

#87a0a2

#8e9a9b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9394bb · ΔE 25.6

Deuteranopia

#8f89bb · ΔE 27.9

Tritanopia

#72baba · ΔE 2.1

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 19

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6db7bc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6db7bc]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6db7bc (#6db7bc) is rgb(109, 183, 188) in RGB.

No, #6db7bc 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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