#6BC9D6#6BC9D6

#6BC9D6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.091 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BC9D6
RGB	rgb(107, 201, 214)
HSL	hsl(187, 57%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(187, 50%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 6.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.92, -24.38, -15.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.92, 28.67, 211.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% -0.0809 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.091 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0829, 49.7507, 71.1486)
Luminance	0.4975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BC9D6 #D6786B

analogous

#6BD6AE #6BC9D6 #6B93D6

triadic

#6BC9D6 #D66BC9 #C9D66B

tetradic

#6BC9D6 #AE6BD6 #D6786B #93D66B

square

#6BC9D6 #AE6BD6 #D6786B #93D66B

split-complementary

#6BC9D6 #D66B93 #D6AE6B

monochromatic

#2B8E9C #3BB8C9 #6BC9D6 #9BDAE3 #CBECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#6BC9D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#6BC9D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BC9D6

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BC9D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BC9D6	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC3D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB6D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26D0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bc9d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 201, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.091 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dd9e2',
    500: '#6bc9d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bc9d6;
$custom-light: #9dd9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bc9d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.29,
    "s": 56.614,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78301,
    "c": 0.09098,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BC9D6

secondary

#E2C0BB

accent

#3521C4

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BC9D6

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

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