#6A997D#6A997D

#6A997D is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.066 H 157.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A997D
RGB	rgb(106, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(144, 19%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(144, 31%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 0%, 18.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, -22.02, 9.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 24.07, 156.21°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% -0.0612 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.066 157.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.0355, 27.3263, 23.5642)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A997D #996A86

analogous

#6E996A #6A997D #6A9994

triadic

#6A997D #7D6A99 #997D6A

tetradic

#6A997D #6A6E99 #996A86 #99946A

square

#6A997D #6A6E99 #996A86 #99946A

split-complementary

#6A997D #946A99 #996A6E

monochromatic

#385142 #50755F #6A997D #8EB29D #B3CBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#6A997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#6A997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6A997D

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6A997D	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98927C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908D7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#619891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.066 157.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96b7a2',
    500: '#6a997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a997d;
$custom-light: #96b7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144.255,
    "s": 18.725,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64099,
    "c": 0.06609,
    "h": 157.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A997D

secondary

#BAA5B1

accent

#6C9BBB

background

#F9FBFA

surface

#F2F6F3

border

#CCD0CD

text

#0D110F

muted

#7E807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A997D

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

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