#6CA996#6CA996

#6CA996 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.070 H 172.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CA996
RGB	rgb(108, 169, 150)
HSL	hsl(161, 26%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(161, 36%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 0%, 11.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, -24.11, 3.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 24.38, 171.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.75% -0.069 0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(68.75% 0.07 172.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8753, 33.7645, 34.0020)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CA996 #A96C7F

analogous

#6CA978 #6CA996 #6C9EA9

triadic

#6CA996 #966CA9 #A9966C

tetradic

#6CA996 #786CA9 #A96C7F #9EA96C

square

#6CA996 #786CA9 #A96C7F #9EA96C

split-complementary

#6CA996 #A96C9E #A9786C

monochromatic

#396255 #508877 #6CA996 #93C0B2 #B9D6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#6CA996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#6CA996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CA996

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CA996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CA996	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AAAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ca996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 169, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.070 172.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98c3b4',
    500: '#6ca996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ca996;
$custom-light: #98c3b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ca996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.311,
    "s": 26.18,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68753,
    "c": 0.06963,
    "h": 172.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CA996

secondary

#C5ABB4

accent

#6582C3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1211

muted

#7E8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CA996

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

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