#68979B#68979B

#68979B is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.051 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68979B
RGB	rgb(104, 151, 155)
HSL	hsl(185, 20%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 33%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 2.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, -14.75, -7.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 16.40, 205.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% -0.047 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.051 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6899, 27.4415, 35.1052)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68979B #9B6C68

analogous

#689B85 #68979B #687D9B

triadic

#68979B #9B6897 #979B68

tetradic

#68979B #85689B #9B6C68 #7D9B68

square

#68979B #85689B #9B6C68 #7D9B68

split-complementary

#68979B #9B687D #9B8568

monochromatic

#365052 #4F7477 #68979B #8DB0B3 #B2CACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#68979B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#68979B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #68979B

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68979B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68979B	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90939B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#559B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68979b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 151, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.051 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95b5b8',
    500: '#68979b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68979b;
$custom-light: #95b5b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68979b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.706,
    "s": 20.319,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64423,
    "c": 0.05093,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68979B

secondary

#BBA6A4

accent

#716BBD

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F6F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0D1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #68979B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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