#6ACED5#6ACED5

#6ACED5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.094 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6ACED5
RGB	rgb(106, 206, 213)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(184, 50%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.29, -27.33, -12.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.29, 30.05, 204.55°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.0876 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.094 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0206, 52.0073, 70.8673)
Luminance	0.5201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6ACED5 #D5716A

analogous

#6AD5A6 #6ACED5 #6A99D5

triadic

#6ACED5 #D56ACE #CED56A

tetradic

#6ACED5 #A66AD5 #D5716A #99D56A

square

#6ACED5 #A66AD5 #D5716A #99D56A

split-complementary

#6ACED5 #D56A99 #D5A66A

monochromatic

#2B9299 #3ABEC8 #6ACED5 #9ADEE2 #C9EDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#6ACED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#6ACED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6ACED5

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6ACED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6ACED5	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C6D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B9D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20D4D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aced5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 206, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.094 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ddde1',
    500: '#6aced5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aced5;
$custom-light: #9ddde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aced5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.925,
    "s": 56.021,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7938,
    "c": 0.09412,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6ACED5

secondary

#9E4B45

accent

#2D22C4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #6ACED5

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

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