#a9c6c2

Color #a9c6c2

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 10.6 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 10.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a9c6c2

RGB

rgb(169, 198, 194)

HSL

hsl(171.7, 20.3%, 72%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(171.7, 14.6%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.6%, 0%, 2%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(77.71, -10.52, -1.27)

LCH

lch(77.71, 10.6, 186.88)

OKLCH

oklch(80.4%, 0.0318, 186.5)

HWB

hwb(171.7, 66.3%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c6a9ad

Analogous

#a9c6b4

#a9c6c2

#a9bcc6

Triadic

#a9c6c2

#c2a9c6

#c6c2a9

Split-complementary

#a9c6c2

#c6a9bc

#c6b4a9

Tetradic

#a9c6c2

#a9adc6

#c6a9ad

#c6c2a9

Square

#a9c6c2

#b4a9c6

#c6a9ad

#bcc6a9

Shades

Color #a9c6c2 mixed toward black.

#84aea8

#62938c

#496e69

#314a46

#182523

Tints

Color #a9c6c2 mixed toward white.

#b7d0cc

#c6d9d6

#d4e3e1

#e2eceb

#f1f6f5

Tones

Color #a9c6c2 mixed toward gray.

#acc4c0

#aec1bf

#b0bfbd

#b3bcbb

#b5bab9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.54:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b7c3 · ΔE 14.9

Deuteranopia

#b5b2c3 · ΔE 18.2

Tritanopia

#abc4c4 · ΔE 2.4

Achromatopsia

#c0c0c0 · ΔE 11.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a9c6c2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9c6c2]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#a9c6c2 (#a9c6c2) is rgb(169, 198, 194) in RGB.

No, #a9c6c2 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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