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#6CA3A0

#6ca3a0 ≈ Cadet Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#6ca3a0 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 42.35% red, 63.92% green and 62.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.74% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.84% yellow and 36.08% black. Its hue angle is 176.73°, with 23.01% saturation and 53.14% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadet Blue (#5f9ea0), ΔE 2.91.

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Web safe#669999
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Relative luminance0.3192

Complementary

  1. #6ca3a0
  2. #a36c6f

Split complementary

  1. #6ca3a0
  2. #a36c8b
  3. #a3856c

Analogous

  1. #6ca385
  2. #6ca3a0
  3. #6c8ba3

Triadic

  1. #6ca3a0
  2. #a06ca3
  3. #a3a06c

Tetradic

  1. #6ca3a0
  2. #6c6fa3
  3. #a36c6f
  4. #a3a06c

Square

  1. #6ca3a0
  2. #856ca3
  3. #a36c6f
  4. #8ba36c

Monochromatic

  1. #2d4947
  2. #4b7875
  3. #6ca3a0
  4. #9bc0be
  5. #cadedd

Shades

#6ca3a0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6ca3a0
  2. #619390
  3. #568280
  4. #4c7270
  5. #416260
  6. #365250
  7. #2b4140
  8. #203130
  9. #162120
  10. #0b1010
  11. #000000

Tints

#6ca3a0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6ca3a0
  2. #7bacaa
  3. #89b5b3
  4. #98bfbd
  5. #a7c8c6
  6. #b6d1d0
  7. #c4dad9
  8. #d3e3e3
  9. #e2edec
  10. #f0f6f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6ca3a0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6ca3a0
  2. #6ea09d
  3. #709c9a
  4. #729996
  5. #749593
  6. #769290
  7. #788e8d
  8. #7a8b8a
  9. #7c8786
  10. #7e8483
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #899d9c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9d9ea0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9396a1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #58a6a2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8ca0a0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #859ba0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #61a5a1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6ca3a0 {
  color: #6ca3a0;
}
Background
.bg-6ca3a0 {
  background-color: #6ca3a0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6ca3a0 {
  border: 2px solid #6ca3a0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6ca3a0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 108 163 160;
  --color-primary-hsl: 177 23% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6ca3a0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6ca3a0, #6c8ba3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6ca3a0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(108 163 160 / 0.35);
}

#5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 2.91 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 7.37 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 8.83 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 10.08 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 10.38 #008b8b Dark Cyan ΔE 11.88 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 12.13 #935c5f Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Cadet Blue
#6ca3a0  rgb(108, 163, 160)  hsl(177, 23%, 53%)  Cadet Blue
#a36c6f  rgb(163, 108, 111)  hsl(357, 23%, 53%)  Copper Rose
#a06ca3  rgb(160, 108, 163)  hsl(297, 23%, 53%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#a3a06c  rgb(163, 160, 108)  hsl(57, 23%, 53%)  Moss Green