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Pictured: Cadet blue, the closest color we have a photo of (#5F9EA0)
rgb(108, 157, 169)
#6C9DA9

Tranquili Teal #6C9DA9 RGB Color Code

Name from the community color list.

Tranquili Teal (#6C9DA9) is a muted, medium teal. In RGB it is made of 42% red, 62% green and 66% blue (R 108, G 157, B 169). The blue channel is the strongest. In HSL it has a hue of 192°, 26% saturation and 54% lightness. Its relative luminance is 0.302, so black text is easier to read on top of it. For print, a rough CMYK match is 36% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 34% black. Check it against your printer's ICC profile before you print. It is a cool color. It goes well with warm oranges and reds for contrast. For a calm, matching look, use nearby cool tones.

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Tranquili Teal color codes

#6C9DA9 in every common color format. Click a value to copy it.

FormatValueNotesCopy
HEX #6C9DA9 Valid CSS
RGB rgb(108, 157, 169) Valid CSS
HSL hsl(192, 26%, 54%) Valid CSS
HSV / HSB hsv(192, 36%, 66%) Not a CSS format
HWB hwb(192 42% 34%) Valid CSS
CMYK cmyk(36%, 7%, 0%, 34%) Approximate (no ICC profile)
OKLCH oklch(66.55% 0.0552 214.7) Valid CSS
OKLab oklab(66.55% -0.0454 -0.0314) Valid CSS
CIELAB lab(61.58% -14.71 -11.81) D50, as in CSS
CIELCH lch(61.58% 18.87 218.76) Valid CSS
Display P3 color(display-p3 0.4652 0.6105 0.6563) Valid CSS
XYZ (D65) color(xyz-d65 0.254 0.3017 0.4202) Valid CSS
Decimal 7118249 Integer (0xRRGGBB)

CMYK here is a rough screen match without an ICC profile. See CMYK and print. Relative luminance: 0.3017. Nearest web-safe color: #669999.

Mix Tranquili Teal with other colors

See what #6C9DA9 makes with red paint, under a green light, printed with cyan ink and in a digital blend with blue. Click a picture to change the colors and amounts in the color mixer.

Use Tranquili Teal in your code

Ready to paste into CSS, Sass, Tailwind, iOS, Android and Flutter. Click the icon to copy a line.

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CSS variable--tranquili-teal: #6C9DA9;
Sass variable$tranquili-teal: #6C9DA9;
Tailwind CSS v4@theme { --color-tranquili-teal: #6C9DA9; }
Tailwind CSS v3 configcolors: { 'tranquili-teal': '#6C9DA9' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.424, green: 0.616, blue: 0.663)
UIKitUIColor(red: 0.424, green: 0.616, blue: 0.663, alpha: 1)
Android XML<color name="tranquili_teal">#FF6C9DA9</color>
Flutter and Jetpack ComposeColor(0xFF6C9DA9)

Accessibility and contrast

Black text works best on #6C9DA9 (7.03:1, AAA). Here is how #6C9DA9 does as a text color:

Large heading text
Body text at 16px. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
2.99:1 on white
APCA Lc 56
Fails AATry #4E7E8A
Large heading text
Body text at 16px. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
7.03:1 on black
APCA Lc -45
AAA

Check this color against any background in the contrast checker. WCAG ratios and APCA Lc values measure different things, so one can't stand in for the other. Learn more.

How people with color blindness see Tranquili Teal

#6C9DA9 next to its complement and its two triadic colors, as seen with each type of color blindness.

  • Normal visionhow most people see it
  • Protanopiano red cones, about 1% of men
  • Deuteranopiano green cones, the most common type
  • Tritanopiano blue cones, very rare
  • Achromatopsiano color at all, very rare

With deuteranopia, #6C9DA9 and #A96C9D look much alike. Don't use these colors alone to tell things apart, for example in a chart. Add labels, patterns or a difference in lightness. Try your own colors in the color blindness simulator.

Tranquili Teal in a user interface

A sample app screen with #6C9DA9 as the main color, on a light and a dark theme.

Light theme

Dark theme

Buttons and bars use #6C9DA9 as it is. On the light theme, #6C9DA9 is too hard to read as text (2.99:1), so links, the badge and outline text use #4E7E8A there (4.49:1). Build a full color scheme around it in the UI color preview.

Color harmonies for Tranquili Teal

These schemes turn the hue of #6C9DA9 around the color wheel. Each swatch links to its own page.

Complementary

Two colors on opposite sides of the wheel. This gives the most contrast.

Open palette

Analogous

Hues that sit next to each other and look good together.

Open palette

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel. Bold, but still balanced.

Open palette

Split complementary

A base color plus the two hues on each side of its opposite. Strong contrast that clashes less.

Open palette

Tetradic (rectangle)

Two pairs of opposite colors. Let one color lead and use the others less.

Open palette

Square

Four hues 90° apart, spread evenly around the wheel.

Open palette

Monochromatic

One hue at different levels of lightness and saturation.

Open palette

Gradients with Tranquili Teal

Four CSS gradients made from #6C9DA9. Copy the code, or open one in the gradient generator to change it.

Soft tint

From a pale tint to the full color.

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #E1EBED, #6C9DA9);

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Deep shade

The color fading into a dark shade.

background: linear-gradient(180deg, #6C9DA9, #19282C);

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Analogous

Its two neighbors on the color wheel.

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6CA997, #6C9DA9, #6C7FA9);

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Triadic

A bold blend with a triadic color, through a clean middle.

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6C9DA9, #9086A3, #A96C9D);

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Shades, tints and tones of Tranquili Teal

Shades are darker, tints are lighter and tones are grayer. We make them in OKLCH so the steps look even. Hover a step to see its code, or click it to open it.

Design system scale (50 to 950)

Tranquili Teal sits at step 500. Export the full scale as CSS variables or Tailwind tokens from the picker.

  1. 50
    E9FAFF
  2. 100
    DBF2F7
  3. 200
    C2E1E9
  4. 300
    A0C9D3
  5. 400
    7DACB8
  6. 500
    6C9DA9
  7. 600
    45747F
  8. 700
    325D67
  9. 800
    244851
  10. 900
    1A353B
  11. 950
    111F23

Closest RAL, Tailwind and CSS colors

The nearest match to #6C9DA9 in three color systems that designers and builders use.

ΔE is the distance in OKLab: under 2 is hard to see, over 10 is a clearly different color. Browse all RAL colors, the Tailwind palette or the 148 CSS color names. RAL values on screens are only a guide, so check a real color chart before you order paint.

The named colors that look closest to this one (ΔE in OKLab). Browse all shades of teal or search the color library.