#6db8c7

Color #6db8c7

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 11.62 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6db8c7

RGB

rgb(109, 184, 199)

HSL

hsl(190, 44.6%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(190, 45.2%, 78%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.2%, 7.5%, 0%, 22%)

LAB

lab(70.63, -19.34, -14.86)

LCH

lch(70.63, 24.39, 217.54)

OKLCH

oklch(73.9%, 0.0776, 211.83)

HWB

hwb(190, 42.7%, 22%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c77c6d

Analogous

#6dc7a9

#6db8c7

#6d8bc7

Triadic

#6db8c7

#c76db8

#b8c76d

Split-complementary

#6db8c7

#c76d8b

#c7a96d

Tetradic

#6db8c7

#7c6dc7

#c77c6d

#b8c76d

Square

#6db8c7

#a96dc7

#c77c6d

#8bc76d

Shades

Color #6db8c7 mixed toward black.

#48a6b9

#398594

#2b646f

#1c434a

#0e2125

Tints

Color #6db8c7 mixed toward white.

#85c4d0

#9ed0da

#b6dce3

#cee7ec

#e7f3f6

Tones

Color #6db8c7 mixed toward gray.

#74b3c0

#7caeb8

#84a9b1

#8ba4a9

#939fa2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9494c4 · ΔE 24.2

Deuteranopia

#8f89c3 · ΔE 25.8

Tritanopia

#72c1c0 · ΔE 6.9

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 18.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6db8c7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6db8c7]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#6db8c7 (#6db8c7) is rgb(109, 184, 199) in RGB.

No, #6db8c7 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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