#6e9caf

Color #6e9caf

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.88 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6e9caf

RGB

rgb(110, 156, 175)

HSL

hsl(197.5, 28.9%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(197.5, 37.1%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.1%, 10.9%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(61.81, -10.61, -14.82)

LCH

lch(61.81, 18.23, 234.4)

OKLCH

oklch(66.7%, 0.057, 225.57)

HWB

hwb(197.5, 43.1%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#af816e

Analogous

#6eafa2

#6e9caf

#6e7caf

Triadic

#6e9caf

#af6e9c

#9caf6e

Split-complementary

#6e9caf

#af6e7c

#afa26e

Tetradic

#6e9caf

#816eaf

#af816e

#9caf6e

Square

#6e9caf

#a26eaf

#af816e

#7caf6e

Shades

Color #6e9caf mixed toward black.

#548599

#446a7a

#33505c

#22353d

#111b1f

Tints

Color #6e9caf mixed toward white.

#86adbc

#9ebdca

#b7ced7

#cfdee4

#e7eff2

Tones

Color #6e9caf mixed toward gray.

#739aaa

#7998a4

#7e959f

#849399

#899194

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8485ab · ΔE 18.8

Deuteranopia

#827eaa · ΔE 20.5

Tritanopia

#71a7a6 · ΔE 9.9

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 14.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e9caf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e9caf]

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Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

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Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#6e9caf (#6e9caf) is rgb(110, 156, 175) in RGB.

No, #6e9caf 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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