#6AB5BD#6AB5BD

#6AB5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.075 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AB5BD
RGB	rgb(106, 181, 189)
HSL	hsl(186, 39%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(186, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -21.18, -11.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 24.03, 208.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.0687 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.075 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6496, 39.7836, 54.1454)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AB5BD #BD726A

analogous

#6ABD9B #6AB5BD #6A8BBD

triadic

#6AB5BD #BD6AB5 #B5BD6A

tetradic

#6AB5BD #9B6ABD #BD726A #8BBD6A

square

#6AB5BD #9B6ABD #BD726A #8BBD6A

split-complementary

#6AB5BD #BD6A8B #BD9B6A

monochromatic

#357178 #4899A2 #6AB5BD #94CAD0 #BFDFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#6AB5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#6AB5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AB5BD

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AB5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AB5BD	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ab5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 181, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.075 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99cbd0',
    500: '#6ab5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ab5bd;
$custom-light: #99cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ab5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.783,
    "s": 38.605,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72739,
    "c": 0.07547,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AB5BD

secondary

#D2B4B1

accent

#6559CF

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AB5BD

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

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