#6CA5AE#6CA5AE

#6CA5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.061 H 208.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CA5AE
RGB	rgb(108, 165, 174)
HSL	hsl(188, 29%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 38%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 5.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, -16.25, -10.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 19.38, 213.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% -0.0536 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.061 208.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2768, 33.1526, 44.9980)
Luminance	0.3315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CA5AE #AE756C

analogous

#6CAE96 #6CA5AE #6C84AE

triadic

#6CA5AE #AE6CA5 #A5AE6C

tetradic

#6CA5AE #966CAE #AE756C #84AE6C

square

#6CA5AE #966CAE #AE756C #84AE6C

split-complementary

#6CA5AE #AE6C84 #AE966C

monochromatic

#396167 #4E868E #6CA5AE #93BDC4 #BBD5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#6CA5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#6CA5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CA5AE

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CA5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CA5AE	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA1AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9198AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52AAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ca5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 165, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.061 208.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99bfc6',
    500: '#6ca5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ca5ae;
$custom-light: #99bfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ca5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.182,
    "s": 28.947,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68587,
    "c": 0.0609,
    "h": 208.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CA5AE

secondary

#C9B1AD

accent

#7063C5

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F8

border

#CCD0D1

text

#0E1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CA5AE

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

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