#6f8f97

Color #6f8f97

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.82 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#6f8f97

RGB

rgb(111, 143, 151)

HSL

hsl(192, 16.1%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192, 26.5%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.5%, 5.3%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(57.33, -9.24, -7.91)

LCH

lch(57.33, 12.16, 220.57)

OKLCH

oklch(62.9%, 0.0378, 214.66)

HWB

hwb(192, 43.5%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97776f

Analogous

#6f978b

#6f8f97

#6f7b97

Triadic

#6f8f97

#976f8f

#8f976f

Split-complementary

#6f8f97

#976f7b

#978b6f

Tetradic

#6f8f97

#776f97

#97776f

#8f976f

Square

#6f8f97

#8b6f97

#97776f

#7b976f

Shades

Color #6f8f97 mixed toward black.

#5c787f

#496065

#37484c

#253033

#121819

Tints

Color #6f8f97 mixed toward white.

#87a2a8

#9fb4ba

#b7c7cb

#cfdadc

#e7ecee

Tones

Color #6f8f97 mixed toward gray.

#728d94

#768b90

#79898d

#7c878a

#808586

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.05:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7e95 · ΔE 17

Deuteranopia

#7c7a95 · ΔE 18.9

Tritanopia

#719493 · ΔE 5

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 11.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6f8f97;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f8f97]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Frequently asked questions

#6f8f97 (#6f8f97) is rgb(111, 143, 151) in RGB.

No, #6f8f97 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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