#6e7e85

Color #6e7e85

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 5.36 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6e7e85

RGB

rgb(110, 126, 133)

HSL

hsl(198.3, 9.5%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.3, 17.3%, 52.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.3%, 5.3%, 0%, 47.8%)

LAB

lab(51.76, -4.27, -5.77)

LCH

lch(51.76, 7.18, 233.5)

OKLCH

oklch(58.3%, 0.0217, 225.93)

HWB

hwb(198.3, 43.1%, 47.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#85756e

Analogous

#6e8580

#6e7e85

#6e7285

Triadic

#6e7e85

#856e7e

#7e856e

Split-complementary

#6e7e85

#856e72

#85806e

Tetradic

#6e7e85

#756e85

#85756e

#7e856e

Square

#6e7e85

#806e85

#85756e

#72856e

Shades

Color #6e7e85 mixed toward black.

#5c696f

#495459

#373f42

#252a2c

#121516

Tints

Color #6e7e85 mixed toward white.

#85949a

#9da9ae

#b6bfc3

#ced4d7

#e7eaeb

Tones

Color #6e7e85 mixed toward gray.

#707d83

#727c81

#747c7f

#767b7d

#777a7b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.99:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#757583 · ΔE 9.9

Deuteranopia

#747383 · ΔE 11.1

Tritanopia

#6f8282 · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 7.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e7e85;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e7e85]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#6e7e85 (#6e7e85) is rgb(110, 126, 133) in RGB.

No, #6e7e85 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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