#6AA6AC#6AA6AC

#6AA6AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.063 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AA6AC
RGB	rgb(106, 166, 172)
HSL	hsl(185, 28%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 38%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 3.5%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.41, -17.83, -9.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.41, 20.09, 207.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% -0.0574 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.063 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0238, 33.3134, 44.0279)
Luminance	0.3332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AA6AC #AC706A

analogous

#6AAC91 #6AA6AC #6A85AC

triadic

#6AA6AC #AC6AA6 #A6AC6A

tetradic

#6AA6AC #916AAC #AC706A #85AC6A

square

#6AA6AC #916AAC #AC706A #85AC6A

split-complementary

#6AA6AC #AC6A85 #AC916A

monochromatic

#386064 #4E868B #6AA6AC #91BDC2 #B9D5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#6AA6AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#6AA6AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AA6AC

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AA6AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AA6AC	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA1AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9299AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FAAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aa6ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 166, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.063 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98c0c4',
    500: '#6aa6ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aa6ac;
$custom-light: #98c0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aa6ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 28.448,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68643,
    "c": 0.06276,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AA6AC

secondary

#C7ADAB

accent

#6C63C5

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F8

border

#CCD0D1

text

#0E1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AA6AC

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

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