#6B8296#6B8296

#6B8296 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.041 H 244.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B8296
RGB	rgb(107, 130, 150)
HSL	hsl(208, 17%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(208, 29%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 13.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.27, -3.42, -13.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.27, 13.87, 255.71°)
OKLab	oklab(59.57% -0.0173 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(59.57% 0.041 244.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.5494, 21.2923, 31.9280)
Luminance	0.2129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B8296 #967F6B

analogous

#6B9694 #6B8296 #6B6C96

triadic

#6B8296 #966B82 #82966B

tetradic

#6B8296 #946B96 #967F6B #6C966B

square

#6B8296 #946B96 #967F6B #6C966B

split-complementary

#6B8296 #966B6C #96946B

monochromatic

#38444F #516373 #6B8296 #8FA0AF #B3BEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#6B8296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#6B8296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6B8296

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B8296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6B8296	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757D96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E8788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b8296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 130, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.041 244.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96a6b4',
    500: '#6b8296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b8296;
$custom-light: #96a6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b8296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.907,
    "s": 16.996,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5957,
    "c": 0.04064,
    "h": 244.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B8296

secondary

#B8AEA5

accent

#916EBA

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F6

border

#CCCED0

text

#0D0F11

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B8296

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

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