#6CA8AE#6CA8AE

#6CA8AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.063 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CA8AE
RGB	rgb(108, 168, 174)
HSL	hsl(185, 29%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 38%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 3.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, -17.83, -9.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 20.08, 207.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% -0.0574 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.063 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8242, 34.2476, 45.1805)
Luminance	0.3425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CA8AE #AE726C

analogous

#6CAE93 #6CA8AE #6C87AE

triadic

#6CA8AE #AE6CA8 #A8AE6C

tetradic

#6CA8AE #936CAE #AE726C #87AE6C

square

#6CA8AE #936CAE #AE726C #87AE6C

split-complementary

#6CA8AE #AE6C87 #AE936C

monochromatic

#396367 #4E898E #6CA8AE #93BFC4 #BBD7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#6CA8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#6CA8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CA8AE

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CA8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CA8AE	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA3AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949AAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51ACAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ca8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 168, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.063 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99c2c6',
    500: '#6ca8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ca8ae;
$custom-light: #99c2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ca8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 28.947,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69285,
    "c": 0.06273,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CA8AE

secondary

#C9B0AD

accent

#6C63C5

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F8

border

#CCD0D1

text

#0E1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CA8AE

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

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