#6A8991#6A8991

#6A8991 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.037 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A8991
RGB	rgb(106, 137, 145)
HSL	hsl(192, 16%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(192, 27%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 5.5%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.07, -8.95, -7.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.07, 11.91, 221.24°)
OKLab	oklab(60.92% -0.0302 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(60.92% 0.037 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.9988, 22.9990, 30.1681)
Luminance	0.2300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A8991 #91726A

analogous

#6A9186 #6A8991 #6A7691

triadic

#6A8991 #916A89 #89916A

tetradic

#6A8991 #866A91 #91726A #76916A

square

#6A8991 #866A91 #91726A #76916A

split-complementary

#6A8991 #916A76 #91866A

monochromatic

#36464A #50686E #6A8991 #8DA5AB #B0C1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#6A8991 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#6A8991 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6A8991

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A8991	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6A8991	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8291

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E8C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a8991;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 137, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.037 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95abb1',
    500: '#6a8991',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a8991;
$custom-light: #95abb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a8991",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.308,
    "s": 15.538,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60923,
    "c": 0.03701,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A8991

secondary

#B4A6A2

accent

#7E70B8

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F4F5

border

#CCCECF

text

#0D1010

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A8991

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

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