#6C8596#6C8596

#6C8596 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.039 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C8596
RGB	rgb(108, 133, 150)
HSL	hsl(204, 17%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 28%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 11.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.20, -4.82, -12.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.20, 12.96, 248.16°)
OKLab	oklab(60.32% -0.0205 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(60.32% 0.039 238)
XYZ	xyz(20.0753, 22.1644, 32.0687)
Luminance	0.2217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#6C8596 #967D6C

analogous

#6C9692 #6C8596 #6C7096

triadic

#6C8596 #966C85 #85966C

tetradic

#6C8596 #926C96 #967D6C #70966C

square

#6C8596 #926C96 #967D6C #70966C

split-complementary

#6C8596 #966C70 #96926C

monochromatic

#38464F #526673 #6C8596 #90A3AF #B3C0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#6C8596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#6C8596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6C8596

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C8596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6C8596	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788096

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c8596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 133, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.039 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97a8b4',
    500: '#6c8596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c8596;
$custom-light: #97a8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c8596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.286,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60323,
    "c": 0.03873,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.22165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C8596

secondary

#B8ADA6

accent

#8D6EB9

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F6

border

#CCCED0

text

#0D0F11

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C8596

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

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