#6eb2c2

Color #6eb2c2

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.94 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#6eb2c2

RGB

rgb(110, 178, 194)

HSL

hsl(191.4, 40.8%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.4, 43.3%, 76.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.3%, 8.2%, 0%, 23.9%)

LAB

lab(68.79, -17.32, -14.89)

LCH

lch(68.79, 22.84, 220.69)

OKLCH

oklch(72.4%, 0.0726, 214.39)

HWB

hwb(191.4, 43.1%, 23.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c27e6e

Analogous

#6ec2a8

#6eb2c2

#6e88c2

Triadic

#6eb2c2

#c26eb2

#b2c26e

Split-complementary

#6eb2c2

#c26e88

#c2a86e

Tetradic

#6eb2c2

#7e6ec2

#c27e6e

#b2c26e

Square

#6eb2c2

#a86ec2

#c27e6e

#88c26e

Shades

Color #6eb2c2 mixed toward black.

#4b9fb2

#3c7f8f

#2d5f6b

#1e3f47

#0f2024

Tints

Color #6eb2c2 mixed toward white.

#86bfcc

#9eccd6

#b6d9e1

#cfe5eb

#e7f2f5

Tones

Color #6eb2c2 mixed toward gray.

#75aebb

#7ca9b4

#83a5ad

#8aa1a6

#919c9f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9191be · ΔE 23.2

Deuteranopia

#8d87bd · ΔE 24.8

Tritanopia

#73bbbb · ΔE 7

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 17.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6eb2c2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6eb2c2]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#6eb2c2 (#6eb2c2) is rgb(110, 178, 194) in RGB.

No, #6eb2c2 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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