#6B997D#6B997D

#6B997D is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.065 H 157.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B997D
RGB	rgb(107, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(143, 18%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(143, 30%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 0%, 18.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.33, -21.69, 9.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.33, 23.80, 155.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% -0.0602 0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.065 157.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.1551, 27.3880, 23.5698)
Luminance	0.2739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B997D #996B87

analogous

#70996B #6B997D #6B9994

triadic

#6B997D #7D6B99 #997D6B

tetradic

#6B997D #6B7099 #996B87 #99946B

square

#6B997D #6B7099 #996B87 #99946B

split-complementary

#6B997D #946B99 #996B70

monochromatic

#385142 #51765F #6B997D #8FB29D #B3CBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#6B997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#6B997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6B997D

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6B997D	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98927C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918D7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#639891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.065 157.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96b7a2',
    500: '#6b997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b997d;
$custom-light: #96b7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 143.478,
    "s": 18.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6416,
    "c": 0.0653,
    "h": 157.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B997D

secondary

#BAA6B2

accent

#6D9CBB

background

#F9FBFA

surface

#F2F6F3

border

#CCD0CD

text

#0D110F

muted

#7E807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B997D

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

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