#6fa2a8

Color #6fa2a8

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 4.99 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 11.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6fa2a8

RGB

rgb(111, 162, 168)

HSL

hsl(186.3, 24.7%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.3, 33.9%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.9%, 3.6%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(63.38, -15.35, -8.52)

LCH

lch(63.38, 17.56, 209.03)

OKLCH

oklch(67.9%, 0.0548, 205.16)

HWB

hwb(186.3, 43.5%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8756f

Analogous

#6fa891

#6fa2a8

#6f85a8

Triadic

#6fa2a8

#a86fa2

#a2a86f

Split-complementary

#6fa2a8

#a86f85

#a8916f

Tetradic

#6fa2a8

#756fa8

#a8756f

#a2a86f

Square

#6fa2a8

#916fa8

#a8756f

#85a86f

Shades

Color #6fa2a8 mixed toward black.

#588b91

#466f74

#355357

#23383a

#121c1d

Tints

Color #6fa2a8 mixed toward white.

#87b2b7

#9fc1c5

#b7d1d4

#cfe0e2

#e7f0f1

Tones

Color #6fa2a8 mixed toward gray.

#749ea3

#789b9f

#7d979a

#829395

#878f90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.41:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8889a7 · ΔE 22.1

Deuteranopia

#8581a6 · ΔE 24.8

Tritanopia

#72a5a5 · ΔE 2.8

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 15.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6fa2a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6fa2a8]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6fa2a8 (#6fa2a8) is rgb(111, 162, 168) in RGB.

No, #6fa2a8 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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