#6B9999#6B9999

#6B9999 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.050 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B9999
RGB	rgb(107, 153, 153)
HSL	hsl(180, 18%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(180, 30%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 0%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.08, -15.42, -4.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.08, 16.21, 197.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65% -0.0477 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.05 196)
XYZ	xyz(23.2025, 28.2069, 34.3527)
Luminance	0.2821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B9999 #996B6B

analogous

#6B9982 #6B9999 #6B8299

triadic

#6B9999 #996B99 #99996B

tetradic

#6B9999 #826B99 #996B6B #82996B

square

#6B9999 #826B99 #996B6B #82996B

split-complementary

#6B9999 #996B82 #99826B

monochromatic

#385151 #517676 #6B9999 #8FB2B2 #B3CBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#6B9999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#6B9999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6B9999

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B9999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6B9999	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8E99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A9C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b9999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 153, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.050 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97b7b7',
    500: '#6b9999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b9999;
$custom-light: #97b7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b9999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 18.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65001,
    "c": 0.04965,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.28208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B9999

secondary

#BAA6A6

accent

#6D6DBB

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F6F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0D1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B9999

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

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