#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
RGB	rgb(107, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(138, 18%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(138, 30%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 0%, 20.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.24, -22.50, 11.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.24, 25.46, 152.08°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% -0.0621 0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.069 153.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.9047, 27.2878, 22.2511)
Luminance	0.2729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##6B9979	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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