#6AD8CE#6AD8CE

#6AD8CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.102 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AD8CE
RGB	rgb(106, 216, 206)
HSL	hsl(175, 59%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(175, 51%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 0%, 4.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.97, -33.93, -4.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.97, 34.26, 187.96°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% -0.1015 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.102 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6356, 56.6284, 67.1168)
Luminance	0.5663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AD8CE #D86A74

analogous

#6AD897 #6AD8CE #6AABD8

triadic

#6AD8CE #CE6AD8 #D8CE6A

tetradic

#6AD8CE #976AD8 #D86A74 #ABD86A

square

#6AD8CE #976AD8 #D86A74 #ABD86A

split-complementary

#6AD8CE #D86AAB #D8976A

monochromatic

#299E94 #39CBBE #6AD8CE #9BE5DE #CBF1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#6AD8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#6AD8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AD8CE

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AD8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AD8CE	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC1CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24DCD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ad8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 216, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.102 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9de4dc',
    500: '#6ad8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ad8ce;
$custom-light: #9de4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ad8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 58.511,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81477,
    "c": 0.10242,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AD8CE

secondary

#A2444D

accent

#1F2FC6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AD8CE

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

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