#6B997E#6B997E

#6B997E is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.064 H 158.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B997E
RGB	rgb(107, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(145, 18%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(145, 30%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 0%, 17.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, -21.49, 9.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 23.40, 156.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% -0.0598 0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.064 158.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.2193, 27.4137, 23.9079)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B997E #996B86

analogous

#6F996B #6B997E #6B9995

triadic

#6B997E #7E6B99 #997E6B

tetradic

#6B997E #6B6F99 #996B86 #99956B

square

#6B997E #6B6F99 #996B86 #99956B

split-complementary

#6B997E #956B99 #996B6F

monochromatic

#385143 #517660 #6B997E #8FB29E #B3CBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#6B997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#6B997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6B997E

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6B997E	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)

#98927D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908D80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#629891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.064 158.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96b7a3',
    500: '#6b997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b997e;
$custom-light: #96b7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144.783,
    "s": 18.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64186,
    "c": 0.06436,
    "h": 158.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B997E

secondary

#BAA6B2

accent

#6D9BBB

background

#F9FBFA

surface

#F2F6F3

border

#CCD0CD

text

#0D110F

muted

#7E807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B997E

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

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