#6BC9C8#6BC9C8

#6BC9C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.090 H 194.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BC9C8
RGB	rgb(107, 201, 200)
HSL	hsl(179, 47%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(179, 47%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 0%, 0.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, -28.06, -8.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 29.22, 196.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.0866 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.09 194.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3712, 49.0661, 62.1337)
Luminance	0.4907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BC9C8 #C96B6C

analogous

#6BC999 #6BC9C8 #6B9BC9

triadic

#6BC9C8 #C86BC9 #C9C86B

tetradic

#6BC9C8 #996BC9 #C96B6C #9BC96B

square

#6BC9C8 #996BC9 #C96B6C #9BC96B

split-complementary

#6BC9C8 #C96B9B #C9996B

monochromatic

#328887 #42B5B4 #6BC9C8 #98D9D9 #C5EAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#6BC9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#6BC9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BC9C8

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BC9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BC9C8	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC1C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB5C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36CEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bc9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 201, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.090 194.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cd9d8',
    500: '#6bc9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bc9c8;
$custom-light: #9cd9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bc9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.362,
    "s": 46.535,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7782,
    "c": 0.08953,
    "h": 194.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BC9C8

secondary

#DAB6B6

accent

#2C2DBA

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F3FAFA

border

#CDD3D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BC9C8

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

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