#6f9fb2

Color #6f9fb2

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.49 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6f9fb2

RGB

rgb(111, 159, 178)

HSL

hsl(197, 30.3%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(197, 37.6%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.6%, 10.7%, 0%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(62.83, -11.17, -14.96)

LCH

lch(62.83, 18.67, 233.25)

OKLCH

oklch(67.5%, 0.0585, 224.58)

HWB

hwb(197, 43.5%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b2826f

Analogous

#6fb2a4

#6f9fb2

#6f7eb2

Triadic

#6f9fb2

#b26f9f

#9fb26f

Split-complementary

#6f9fb2

#b26f7e

#b2a46f

Tetradic

#6f9fb2

#826fb2

#b2826f

#9fb26f

Square

#6f9fb2

#a46fb2

#b2826f

#7eb26f

Shades

Color #6f9fb2 mixed toward black.

#54889d

#436d7e

#32525e

#22373f

#111b1f

Tints

Color #6f9fb2 mixed toward white.

#87afbf

#9fbfcc

#b7cfd9

#cfdfe5

#e7eff2

Tones

Color #6f9fb2 mixed toward gray.

#759dac

#7a9aa7

#8098a1

#85959c

#8b9396

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8687ae · ΔE 19.2

Deuteranopia

#8480ad · ΔE 20.8

Tritanopia

#72aaa9 · ΔE 9.8

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 14.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6f9fb2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f9fb2]

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Frequently asked questions

#6f9fb2 (#6f9fb2) is rgb(111, 159, 178) in RGB.

No, #6f9fb2 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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