#6CA4AE#6CA4AE

#6CA4AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.060 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CA4AE
RGB	rgb(108, 164, 174)
HSL	hsl(189, 29%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 38%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 5.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.99, -15.72, -10.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.99, 19.18, 214.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% -0.0523 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.06 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0971, 32.7933, 44.9381)
Luminance	0.3280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CA4AE #AE766C

analogous

#6CAE97 #6CA4AE #6C83AE

triadic

#6CA4AE #AE6CA4 #A4AE6C

tetradic

#6CA4AE #976CAE #AE766C #83AE6C

square

#6CA4AE #976CAE #AE766C #83AE6C

split-complementary

#6CA4AE #AE6C83 #AE976C

monochromatic

#396067 #4E858E #6CA4AE #93BCC4 #BBD5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#6CA4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#6CA4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CA4AE

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CA4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CA4AE	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA0AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9098AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52A9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ca4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 164, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.060 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99bfc6',
    500: '#6ca4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ca4ae;
$custom-light: #99bfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ca4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.091,
    "s": 28.947,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68355,
    "c": 0.06038,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CA4AE

secondary

#C9B1AD

accent

#7263C5

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F8

border

#CCD0D1

text

#0E1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CA4AE

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

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