#6AC5CE#6AC5CE

#6AC5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.088 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AC5CE
RGB	rgb(106, 197, 206)
HSL	hsl(185, 51%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(185, 49%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.48, -24.75, -12.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.48, 27.92, 207.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0803 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.088 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0463, 47.4497, 65.5870)
Luminance	0.4745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AC5CE #CE736A

analogous

#6ACEA5 #6AC5CE #6A93CE

triadic

#6AC5CE #CE6AC5 #C5CE6A

tetradic

#6AC5CE #A56ACE #CE736A #93CE6A

square

#6AC5CE #A56ACE #CE736A #93CE6A

split-complementary

#6AC5CE #CE6A93 #CEA56A

monochromatic

#2F868F #3EB1BD #6AC5CE #98D7DD #C6E9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#6AC5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#6AC5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AC5CE

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AC5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AC5CE	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2ECBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ac5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 197, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.088 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bd6dd',
    500: '#6ac5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ac5ce;
$custom-light: #9bd6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ac5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.4,
    "s": 50.505,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77053,
    "c": 0.08787,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AC5CE

secondary

#DDBBB7

accent

#3528BE

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F3FAFB

border

#CDD3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AC5CE

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

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