#6e8489

Color #6e8489

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 7.02 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6e8489

RGB

rgb(110, 132, 137)

HSL

hsl(191.1, 10.9%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.1, 19.7%, 53.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.7%, 3.6%, 0%, 46.3%)

LAB

lab(53.62, -6.75, -5.33)

LCH

lch(53.62, 8.6, 218.3)

OKLCH

oklch(59.8%, 0.0266, 213.03)

HWB

hwb(191.1, 43.1%, 46.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#89736e

Analogous

#6e8980

#6e8489

#6e7689

Triadic

#6e8489

#896e84

#84896e

Split-complementary

#6e8489

#896e76

#89806e

Tetradic

#6e8489

#736e89

#89736e

#84896e

Square

#6e8489

#806e89

#89736e

#76896e

Shades

Color #6e8489 mixed toward black.

#5c6e72

#49585b

#374244

#252c2e

#121617

Tints

Color #6e8489 mixed toward white.

#85999d

#9eadb1

#b6c2c4

#ced6d8

#e7ebeb

Tones

Color #6e8489 mixed toward gray.

#708287

#728184

#758082

#777e80

#797d7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.32:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#787888 · ΔE 13.1

Deuteranopia

#777588 · ΔE 15.1

Tritanopia

#6f8787 · ΔE 3.1

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 9.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e8489;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e8489]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#6e8489 (#6e8489) is rgb(110, 132, 137) in RGB.

No, #6e8489 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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