#6dc8bd

Color #6dc8bd

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Medium Turquoise #48d1cc · ΔE 9.43 Nearest Tailwind class teal-400 #00d5be · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6dc8bd

RGB

rgb(109, 200, 189)

HSL

hsl(172.7, 45.3%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(172.7, 45.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.5%, 0%, 5.5%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(74.97, -29.87, -2.95)

LCH

lch(74.97, 30.02, 185.64)

OKLCH

oklch(77.3%, 0.0892, 185.4)

HWB

hwb(172.7, 42.7%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c86d78

Analogous

#6dc88f

#6dc8bd

#6da6c8

Triadic

#6dc8bd

#bd6dc8

#c8bd6d

Split-complementary

#6dc8bd

#c86da6

#c88f6d

Tetradic

#6dc8bd

#6d78c8

#c86d78

#c8bd6d

Square

#6dc8bd

#8f6dc8

#c86d78

#a6c86d

Shades

Color #6dc8bd mixed toward black.

#48baac

#38968a

#2a7068

#1c4b45

#0e2523

Tints

Color #6dc8bd mixed toward white.

#85d1c8

#9edad3

#b6e4de

#ceede9

#e7f6f4

Tones

Color #6dc8bd mixed toward gray.

#75c0b7

#7cb9b1

#84b1ac

#8baaa6

#93a2a0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9ec0 · ΔE 28.4

Deuteranopia

#9890c0 · ΔE 32.2

Tritanopia

#74c2c2 · ΔE 4.7

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 21.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6dc8bd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6dc8bd]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6dc8bd (#6dc8bd) is rgb(109, 200, 189) in RGB.

No, #6dc8bd 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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