#6BC9CD#6BC9CD

#6BC9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.090 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BC9CD
RGB	rgb(107, 201, 205)
HSL	hsl(182, 49%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(182, 48%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.64, -26.77, -10.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.64, 28.80, 201.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.0846 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.09 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9651, 49.3036, 65.2617)
Luminance	0.4931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BC9CD #CD6F6B

analogous

#6BCDA0 #6BC9CD #6B98CD

triadic

#6BC9CD #CD6BC9 #C9CD6B

tetradic

#6BC9CD #A06BCD #CD6F6B #98CD6B

square

#6BC9CD #A06BCD #CD6F6B #98CD6B

split-complementary

#6BC9CD #CD6B98 #CDA06B

monochromatic

#308A8E #3FB6BB #6BC9CD #99DADC #C6EAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#6BC9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#6BC9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BC9CD

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BC9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BC9CD	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bc9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 201, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.090 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cd9dc',
    500: '#6bc9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bc9cd;
$custom-light: #9cd9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bc9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.449,
    "s": 49.495,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77988,
    "c": 0.08951,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BC9CD

secondary

#DCB9B8

accent

#2F29BD

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F3FAFB

border

#CDD3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BC9CD

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

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