#6BC9CE#6BC9CE

#6BC9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.090 H 200.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BC9CE
RGB	rgb(107, 201, 206)
HSL	hsl(183, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(183, 48%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, -26.51, -11.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 28.75, 202.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% -0.0842 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.09 200)
XYZ	xyz(38.0862, 49.3521, 65.8994)
Luminance	0.4935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BC9CE #CE706B

analogous

#6BCEA2 #6BC9CE #6B98CE

triadic

#6BC9CE #CE6BC9 #C9CE6B

tetradic

#6BC9CE #A26BCE #CE706B #98CE6B

square

#6BC9CE #A26BCE #CE706B #98CE6B

split-complementary

#6BC9CE #CE6B98 #CEA26B

monochromatic

#2F8A8F #3FB7BD #6BC9CE #99DADD #C7EBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#6BC9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#6BC9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BC9CE

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BC9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BC9CE	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB5CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bc9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 201, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.090 200.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cd9dc',
    500: '#6bc9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bc9ce;
$custom-light: #9cd9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bc9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.03,
    "s": 50.254,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78022,
    "c": 0.08958,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.49355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BC9CE

secondary

#DDBAB8

accent

#2F28BE

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F3FAFB

border

#CDD3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BC9CE

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

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