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#6FA798

#6fa798 ≈ Cadet Blue

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#6fa798 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 43.53% red, 65.49% green and 59.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.53% cyan, 0% magenta, 8.98% yellow and 34.51% black. Its hue angle is 163.93°, with 24.14% saturation and 54.51% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is 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 7.66:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadet Blue (#5f9ea0), ΔE 7.52.

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Web safe#669999
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Relative luminance0.3328

Complementary

  1. #6fa798
  2. #a76f7e

Split complementary

  1. #6fa798
  2. #a76f9a
  3. #a77c6f

Analogous

  1. #6fa77c
  2. #6fa798
  3. #6f9aa7

Triadic

  1. #6fa798
  2. #986fa7
  3. #a7986f

Tetradic

  1. #6fa798
  2. #6f7ea7
  3. #a76f7e
  4. #a7986f

Square

  1. #6fa798
  2. #7c6fa7
  3. #a76f7e
  4. #9aa76f

Monochromatic

  1. #2f4e46
  2. #4c7d70
  3. #6fa798
  4. #9ec4ba
  5. #cee1dc

Shades

#6fa798 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6fa798
  2. #649689
  3. #59867a
  4. #4e756a
  5. #43645b
  6. #38544c
  7. #2c433d
  8. #21322e
  9. #16211e
  10. #0b110f
  11. #000000

Tints

#6fa798 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6fa798
  2. #7db0a2
  3. #8cb9ad
  4. #9ac1b7
  5. #a9cac1
  6. #b7d3cc
  7. #c5dcd6
  8. #d4e5e0
  9. #e2edea
  10. #f1f6f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6fa798 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6fa798
  2. #71a396
  3. #729f93
  4. #749b91
  5. #76978e
  6. #78948c
  7. #79908a
  8. #7b8c87
  9. #7d8885
  10. #7e8482
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8ca19a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a3a097 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #999999 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5fa8a2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #91a398 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8a9f99 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #66a89e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6fa798 {
  color: #6fa798;
}
Background
.bg-6fa798 {
  background-color: #6fa798;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6fa798 {
  border: 2px solid #6fa798;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6fa798;
  --color-primary-rgb: 111 167 152;
  --color-primary-hsl: 164 24% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6fa798 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6fa798, #6f9aa7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6fa798 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(111 167 152 / 0.35);
}

#5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 7.52 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 7.88 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 8.62 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 8.74 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 9.37 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 10.16 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 10.37 #905867 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Cadet Blue
#6fa798  rgb(111, 167, 152)  hsl(164, 24%, 55%)  Cadet Blue
#a76f7e  rgb(167, 111, 126)  hsl(344, 24%, 55%)  Turkish Rose
#986fa7  rgb(152, 111, 167)  hsl(284, 24%, 55%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#a7986f  rgb(167, 152, 111)  hsl(44, 24%, 55%)  Ecru