#6A9596#6A9596

#6A9596 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.047 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A9596
RGB	rgb(106, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(181, 17%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 29%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 0.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.75, -14.31, -5.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.75, 15.24, 200.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% -0.0446 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.047 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.1945, 26.7599, 32.8440)
Luminance	0.2676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A9596 #966B6A

analogous

#6A9681 #6A9596 #6A7F96

triadic

#6A9596 #966A95 #95966A

tetradic

#6A9596 #816A96 #966B6A #7F966A

square

#6A9596 #816A96 #966B6A #7F966A

split-complementary

#6A9596 #966A7F #96816A

monochromatic

#374E4E #517272 #6A9596 #8EAFAF #B2C8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#6A9596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#6A9596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6A9596

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A9596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6A9596	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878B96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A9895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a9596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.047 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96b4b4',
    500: '#6a9596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a9596;
$custom-light: #96b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a9596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.364,
    "s": 17.323,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63901,
    "c": 0.04685,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A9596

secondary

#B8A5A4

accent

#706EBA

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F6F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0D1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A9596

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

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