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#6A9490

#6a9490 ≈ Cadet Blue

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#6a9490 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.57% red, 58.04% green and 56.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.38% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.7% yellow and 41.96% black. Its hue angle is 174.29°, with 16.54% saturation and 49.8% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.25:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cadet Blue (#5f9ea0), ΔE 4.95.

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Relative luminance0.2626

Complementary

  1. #6a9490
  2. #946a6e

Split complementary

  1. #6a9490
  2. #946a83
  3. #947b6a

Analogous

  1. #6a947b
  2. #6a9490
  3. #6a8394

Triadic

  1. #6a9490
  2. #906a94
  3. #94906a

Tetradic

  1. #6a9490
  2. #6a6e94
  3. #946a6e
  4. #94906a

Square

  1. #6a9490
  2. #7b6a94
  3. #946a6e
  4. #83946a

Monochromatic

  1. #2a3b39
  2. #4a6765
  3. #6a9490
  4. #96b4b1
  5. #c3d4d2

Shades

#6a9490 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6a9490
  2. #5f8582
  3. #557673
  4. #4a6865
  5. #405956
  6. #354a48
  7. #2a3b3a
  8. #202c2b
  9. #151e1d
  10. #0b0f0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#6a9490 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6a9490
  2. #799f9b
  3. #88a9a6
  4. #97b4b1
  5. #a6bfbc
  6. #b5cac8
  7. #c3d4d3
  8. #d2dfde
  9. #e1eae9
  10. #f0f4f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6a9490 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6a9490
  2. #6c928e
  3. #6e908d
  4. #718e8b
  5. #738c8a
  6. #758a88
  7. #778886
  8. #798685
  9. #7c8483
  10. #7e8282
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8c8c8c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #808f8e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8f9090 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #878a91 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5d9693 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #829190 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7d8e90 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #629592 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6a9490 {
  color: #6a9490;
}
Background
.bg-6a9490 {
  background-color: #6a9490;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6a9490 {
  border: 2px solid #6a9490;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6a9490;
  --color-primary-rgb: 106 148 144;
  --color-primary-hsl: 174 17% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6a9490 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6a9490, #6a8394);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6a9490 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(106 148 144 / 0.35);
}

#5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 4.95 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 8.53 #008b8b Dark Cyan ΔE 10.45 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 11.65 #40826d Viridian ΔE 11.71 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 12.12 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 12.51 #956b6f Inverted #8c8c8c Grayscale 

Cadet Blue
#6a9490  rgb(106, 148, 144)  hsl(174, 17%, 50%)  Cadet Blue
#946a6e  rgb(148, 106, 110)  hsl(354, 17%, 50%)  Copper Rose
#906a94  rgb(144, 106, 148)  hsl(294, 17%, 50%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#94906a  rgb(148, 144, 106)  hsl(54, 17%, 50%)  Moss Green