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#6FA29F

#6fa29f ≈ Cadet Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#6fa29f is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 43.53% red, 63.53% green and 62.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.48% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.85% yellow and 36.47% black. Its hue angle is 176.47°, with 21.52% saturation and 53.53% 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 7.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadet Blue (#5f9ea0), ΔE 3.15.

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Web safe#669999
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Relative luminance0.3172

Complementary

  1. #6fa29f
  2. #a26f72

Split complementary

  1. #6fa29f
  2. #a26f8c
  3. #a2866f

Analogous

  1. #6fa286
  2. #6fa29f
  3. #6f8ca2

Triadic

  1. #6fa29f
  2. #9f6fa2
  3. #a29f6f

Tetradic

  1. #6fa29f
  2. #6f72a2
  3. #a26f72
  4. #a29f6f

Square

  1. #6fa29f
  2. #866fa2
  3. #a26f72
  4. #8ca26f

Monochromatic

  1. #2f4947
  2. #4d7775
  3. #6fa29f
  4. #9dc0be
  5. #ccdedd

Shades

#6fa29f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6fa29f
  2. #64928f
  3. #59827f
  4. #4e716f
  5. #43615f
  6. #385150
  7. #2c4140
  8. #213130
  9. #162020
  10. #0b1010
  11. #000000

Tints

#6fa29f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6fa29f
  2. #7daba9
  3. #8cb5b2
  4. #9abebc
  5. #a9c7c5
  6. #b7d1cf
  7. #c5dad9
  8. #d4e3e2
  9. #e2ecec
  10. #f1f6f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6fa29f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6fa29f
  2. #719f9c
  3. #729b99
  4. #749896
  5. #769493
  6. #789190
  7. #798e8c
  8. #7b8a89
  9. #7d8786
  10. #7e8383
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8a9d9b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9c9d9f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9396a0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5da5a1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8c9f9f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #869b9f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #65a4a0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6fa29f {
  color: #6fa29f;
}
Background
.bg-6fa29f {
  background-color: #6fa29f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6fa29f {
  border: 2px solid #6fa29f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6fa29f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 111 162 159;
  --color-primary-hsl: 176 22% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6fa29f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6fa29f, #6f8ca2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6fa29f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(111 162 159 / 0.35);
}

#5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 3.15 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 8.07 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 9.51 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 10.75 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 10.90 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 11.98 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 12.14 #905d60 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Cadet Blue
#6fa29f  rgb(111, 162, 159)  hsl(176, 22%, 54%)  Cadet Blue
#a26f72  rgb(162, 111, 114)  hsl(356, 22%, 54%)  Copper Rose
#9f6fa2  rgb(159, 111, 162)  hsl(296, 22%, 54%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#a29f6f  rgb(162, 159, 111)  hsl(56, 22%, 54%)  Moss Green