#6BB9C8#6BB9C8

#6BB9C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.080 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BB9C8
RGB	rgb(107, 185, 200)
HSL	hsl(190, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(190, 47%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 7.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -20.06, -15.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 25.09, 216.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0682 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.08 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8338, 41.9912, 60.9546)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BB9C8 #C87A6B

analogous

#6BC8A8 #6BB9C8 #6B8BC8

triadic

#6BB9C8 #C86BB9 #B9C86B

tetradic

#6BB9C8 #A86BC8 #C87A6B #8BC86B

square

#6BB9C8 #A86BC8 #C87A6B #8BC86B

split-complementary

#6BB9C8 #C86B8B #C8A86B

monochromatic

#327987 #43A1B3 #6BB9C8 #98CED9 #C4E3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#6BB9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#6BB9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BB9C8

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BB9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BB9C8	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB4C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA9C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BC0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bb9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 185, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.080 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bced8',
    500: '#6bb9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bb9c8;
$custom-light: #9bced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bb9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.677,
    "s": 45.813,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74107,
    "c": 0.07984,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BB9C8

secondary

#D9BBB6

accent

#432CB9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BB9C8

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

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