#6BB9BD#6BB9BD

#6BB9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.077 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BB9BD
RGB	rgb(107, 185, 189)
HSL	hsl(183, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(183, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -22.96, -9.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 24.87, 202.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0727 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.077 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5942, 41.4953, 54.4261)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BB9BD #BD6F6B

analogous

#6BBD98 #6BB9BD #6B90BD

triadic

#6BB9BD #BD6BB9 #B9BD6B

tetradic

#6BB9BD #986BBD #BD6F6B #90BD6B

square

#6BB9BD #986BBD #BD6F6B #90BD6B

split-complementary

#6BB9BD #BD6B90 #BD986B

monochromatic

#367578 #489EA2 #6BB9BD #95CDD0 #C0E1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#6BB9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#6BB9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BB9BD

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BB9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BB9BD	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bb9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 185, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.077 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9aced0',
    500: '#6bb9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bb9bd;
$custom-light: #9aced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bb9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.927,
    "s": 38.318,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73718,
    "c": 0.07729,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BB9BD

secondary

#D2B3B2

accent

#5F5ACE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BB9BD

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

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