#6ea09e

Color #6ea09e

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 4.29 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 11.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6ea09e

RGB

rgb(110, 160, 158)

HSL

hsl(177.6, 20.8%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(177.6, 31.2%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.2%, 0%, 1.2%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(62.44, -17.03, -4.3)

LCH

lch(62.44, 17.56, 194.17)

OKLCH

oklch(67%, 0.0534, 192.76)

HWB

hwb(177.6, 43.1%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a06e70

Analogous

#6ea085

#6ea09e

#6e89a0

Triadic

#6ea09e

#9e6ea0

#a09e6e

Split-complementary

#6ea09e

#a06e89

#a0856e

Tetradic

#6ea09e

#6e70a0

#a06e70

#a09e6e

Square

#6ea09e

#856ea0

#a06e70

#89a06e

Shades

Color #6ea09e mixed toward black.

#598886

#476d6b

#355150

#243636

#121b1b

Tints

Color #6ea09e mixed toward white.

#86b0ae

#9ec0be

#b6cfce

#cfdfdf

#e7efef

Tones

Color #6ea09e mixed toward gray.

#729c9a

#769896

#7a9392

#7f8f8f

#838b8b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#87879e · ΔE 22.8

Deuteranopia

#84809f · ΔE 25.9

Tritanopia

#719f9f · ΔE 1.3

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 16.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6ea09e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6ea09e]

Related colors

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#6ea09e (#6ea09e) is rgb(110, 160, 158) in RGB.

No, #6ea09e 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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