#6C8A97#6C8A97

#6C8A97 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.039 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C8A97
RGB	rgb(108, 138, 151)
HSL	hsl(198, 17%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 28%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 8.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, -7.40, -10.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 12.75, 234.52°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% -0.0271 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.039 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8570, 23.5986, 32.7282)
Luminance	0.2360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C8A97 #97796C

analogous

#6C978E #6C8A97 #6C7497

triadic

#6C8A97 #976C8A #8A976C

tetradic

#6C8A97 #8E6C97 #97796C #74976C

square

#6C8A97 #8E6C97 #97796C #74976C

split-complementary

#6C8A97 #976C74 #978E6C

monochromatic

#394950 #526A74 #6C8A97 #90A7B0 #B4C3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#6C8A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#6C8A97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6C8A97

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C8A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6C8A97	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F8E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c8a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 138, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.039 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97acb5',
    500: '#6c8a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c8a97;
$custom-light: #97acb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c8a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.14,
    "s": 17.131,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61505,
    "c": 0.03923,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C8A97

secondary

#B9ACA6

accent

#856EBA

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F6

border

#CCCED0

text

#0D1011

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C8A97

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

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