#6e9698

Color #6e9698

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.05 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 11.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6e9698

RGB

rgb(110, 150, 152)

HSL

hsl(182.9, 16.9%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(182.9, 27.6%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.6%, 1.3%, 0%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(59.34, -13.14, -5.5)

LCH

lch(59.34, 14.24, 202.71)

OKLCH

oklch(64.5%, 0.0439, 199.96)

HWB

hwb(182.9, 43.1%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#98706e

Analogous

#6e9885

#6e9698

#6e8198

Triadic

#6e9698

#986e96

#96986e

Split-complementary

#6e9698

#986e81

#98856e

Tetradic

#6e9698

#706e98

#98706e

#96986e

Square

#6e9698

#856e98

#98706e

#81986e

Shades

Color #6e9698 mixed toward black.

#5b7e80

#496566

#364c4d

#243233

#12191a

Tints

Color #6e9698 mixed toward white.

#86a7a9

#9eb9ba

#b7cacc

#cfdcdd

#e7edee

Tones

Color #6e9698 mixed toward gray.

#729395

#759091

#798d8e

#7c898a

#808687

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.48:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#818298 · ΔE 19.6

Deuteranopia

#7f7c97 · ΔE 22.6

Tritanopia

#709797 · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 14

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e9698;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e9698]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#6e9698 (#6e9698) is rgb(110, 150, 152) in RGB.

No, #6e9698 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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