#6fa6af

Color #6fa6af

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 6.13 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 10.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6fa6af

RGB

rgb(111, 166, 175)

HSL

hsl(188.4, 28.6%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.4, 36.6%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.6%, 5.1%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(64.76, -15.7, -10.38)

LCH

lch(64.76, 18.82, 213.47)

OKLCH

oklch(69%, 0.0591, 208.82)

HWB

hwb(188.4, 43.5%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#af786f

Analogous

#6faf98

#6fa6af

#6f86af

Triadic

#6fa6af

#af6fa6

#a6af6f

Split-complementary

#6fa6af

#af6f86

#af986f

Tetradic

#6fa6af

#786faf

#af786f

#a6af6f

Square

#6fa6af

#986faf

#af786f

#86af6f

Shades

Color #6fa6af mixed toward black.

#559099

#44737b

#33565c

#223a3d

#111d1f

Tints

Color #6fa6af mixed toward white.

#87b5bc

#9fc4ca

#b7d3d7

#cfe1e4

#e7f0f2

Tones

Color #6fa6af mixed toward gray.

#74a2aa

#7a9ea4

#7f9b9f

#84979a

#8a9394

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8bad · ΔE 22.5

Deuteranopia

#8783ac · ΔE 24.7

Tritanopia

#73abab · ΔE 4.2

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 16.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6fa6af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6fa6af]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#6fa6af (#6fa6af) is rgb(111, 166, 175) in RGB.

No, #6fa6af 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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