#6fb9af

Color #6fb9af

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 12.01 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6fb9af

RGB

rgb(111, 185, 175)

HSL

hsl(171.9, 34.6%, 58%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(171.9, 40%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(40%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(70.3, -25.44, -2.18)

LCH

lch(70.3, 25.53, 184.9)

OKLCH

oklch(73.5%, 0.0758, 184.77)

HWB

hwb(171.9, 43.5%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b96f79

Analogous

#6fb98a

#6fb9af

#6f9eb9

Triadic

#6fb9af

#af6fb9

#b9af6f

Split-complementary

#6fb9af

#b96f9e

#b98a6f

Tetradic

#6fb9af

#6f79b9

#b96f79

#b9af6f

Square

#6fb9af

#8a6fb9

#b96f79

#9eb96f

Shades

Color #6fb9af mixed toward black.

#51a69a

#40857c

#30645d

#20423e

#10211f

Tints

Color #6fb9af mixed toward white.

#87c5bc

#9fd0ca

#b7dcd7

#cfe8e4

#e7f3f2

Tones

Color #6fb9af mixed toward gray.

#75b3aa

#7bada6

#81a6a1

#88a09d

#8e9a98

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9596b1 · ΔE 26.8

Deuteranopia

#918bb2 · ΔE 30.2

Tritanopia

#74b3b4 · ΔE 5

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 20.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6fb9af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6fb9af]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6fb9af (#6fb9af) is rgb(111, 185, 175) in RGB.

No, #6fb9af is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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