#6B9979#6B9979

#6B9979 is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.069 H 153.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#6B9979
RGBrgb(107, 153, 121)
HSLhsl(138, 18%, 51%)
HSVhsv(138, 30%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(30.1%, 0%, 20.9%, 40%)
CIE-LABlab(59.24, -22.50, 11.92)
CIE-LCHlch(59.24, 25.46, 152.08°)
OKLaboklab(64.05% -0.0621 0.0306)
OKLCHoklch(64.05% 0.069 153.7)
XYZxyz(20.9047, 27.2878, 22.2511)
Luminance0.2729 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#6B9979 #996B8B
analogous
#74996B #6B9979 #6B9990
triadic
#6B9979 #796B99 #99796B
tetradic
#6B9979 #6B7499 #996B8B #99906B
square
#6B9979 #6B7499 #996B8B #99906B
split-complementary
#6B9979 #906B99 #996B74
monochromatic
#385140 #51765C #6B9979 #8FB29A #B3CBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25
#6B9979 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46
#6B9979 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6B9979
6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##6B9979#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##6B99791.003.256.466.46
#FFFFFF3.251.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4621.001.001.00
##0000006.4621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#999277
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#918D7B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#639890
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #6b9979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.069 153.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96b79f',
    500: '#6b9979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #6b9979;
$custom-light: #96b79f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#6b9979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 138.261,
    "s": 18.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64055,
    "c": 0.06921,
    "h": 153.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#6B9979
secondary
#BAA6B4
accent
#6DA3BB
background
#F9FBF9
surface
#F2F6F2
border
#CCD0CC
text
#0D110E
muted
#7E807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B9979

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#6B9979 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva