#6A978E#6A978E

#6A978E is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.051 H 180.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A978E
RGB	rgb(106, 151, 142)
HSL	hsl(168, 18%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(168, 30%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 0%, 6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, -17.27, -0.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 17.27, 180.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% -0.0508 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.051 180.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.8913, 27.1493, 29.6728)
Luminance	0.2715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A978E #976A73

analogous

#6A9777 #6A978E #6A8997

triadic

#6A978E #8E6A97 #978E6A

tetradic

#6A978E #776A97 #976A73 #89976A

square

#6A978E #776A97 #976A73 #89976A

split-complementary

#6A978E #976A89 #97776A

monochromatic

#374F4A #50736C #6A978E #8EB0A9 #B2C9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#6A978E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#6A978E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6A978E

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A978E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6A978E	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93928E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8C8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D9994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a978e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 151, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.051 180.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96b5af',
    500: '#6a978e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a978e;
$custom-light: #96b5af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a978e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 17.787,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64112,
    "c": 0.05077,
    "h": 180.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A978E

secondary

#B8A4A8

accent

#6D7DBA

background

#F9FBFA

surface

#F2F6F4

border

#CCD0CE

text

#0D1110

muted

#7E807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A978E

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

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