#6ACED9#6ACED9

#6ACED9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.095 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6ACED9
RGB	rgb(106, 206, 217)
HSL	hsl(186, 59%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(186, 51%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 5.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.41, -26.26, -14.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.41, 29.98, 208.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% -0.0859 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.095 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.5346, 52.2129, 73.5742)
Luminance	0.5222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6ACED9 #D9756A

analogous

#6AD9AC #6ACED9 #6A96D9

triadic

#6ACED9 #D96ACE #CED96A

tetradic

#6ACED9 #AC6AD9 #D9756A #96D96A

square

#6ACED9 #AC6AD9 #D9756A #96D96A

split-complementary

#6ACED9 #D96A96 #D9AC6A

monochromatic

#2994A0 #39BECD #6ACED9 #9BDEE5 #CCEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#6ACED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#6ACED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6ACED9

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6ACED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6ACED9	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C7DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBAD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aced9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 206, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.095 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ddde4',
    500: '#6aced9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aced9;
$custom-light: #9ddde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aced9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.946,
    "s": 59.358,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79519,
    "c": 0.09476,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6ACED9

secondary

#A44D44

accent

#2F1EC7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #6ACED9

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

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