#6e8e93

Color #6e8e93

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.13 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6e8e93

RGB

rgb(110, 142, 147)

HSL

hsl(188.1, 14.6%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.1, 25.2%, 57.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.2%, 3.4%, 0%, 42.4%)

LAB

lab(56.85, -9.97, -6.33)

LCH

lch(56.85, 11.81, 212.41)

OKLCH

oklch(62.4%, 0.0367, 207.96)

HWB

hwb(188.1, 43.1%, 42.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#93736e

Analogous

#6e9386

#6e8e93

#6e7c93

Triadic

#6e8e93

#936e8e

#8e936e

Split-complementary

#6e8e93

#936e7c

#93866e

Tetradic

#6e8e93

#736e93

#93736e

#8e936e

Square

#6e8e93

#866e93

#93736e

#7c936e

Shades

Color #6e8e93 mixed toward black.

#5b777b

#495f62

#37474a

#252f31

#121819

Tints

Color #6e8e93 mixed toward white.

#86a1a5

#9eb4b7

#b7c7c9

#cfd9db

#e7eced

Tones

Color #6e8e93 mixed toward gray.

#718c90

#748a8d

#77878a

#7a8587

#7d8384

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7d92 · ΔE 17.3

Deuteranopia

#7b7992 · ΔE 19.3

Tritanopia

#709191 · ΔE 2.7

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 11.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e8e93;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e8e93]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#6e8e93 (#6e8e93) is rgb(110, 142, 147) in RGB.

No, #6e8e93 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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