#6CA9AE#6CA9AE

#6CA9AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.063 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CA9AE
RGB	rgb(108, 169, 174)
HSL	hsl(185, 29%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 38%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 2.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.45, -18.35, -8.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.45, 20.35, 205.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% -0.0586 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.063 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0095, 34.6182, 45.2422)
Luminance	0.3462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CA9AE #AE716C

analogous

#6CAE92 #6CA9AE #6C88AE

triadic

#6CA9AE #AE6CA9 #A9AE6C

tetradic

#6CA9AE #926CAE #AE716C #88AE6C

square

#6CA9AE #926CAE #AE716C #88AE6C

split-complementary

#6CA9AE #AE6C88 #AE926C

monochromatic

#396367 #4E8A8E #6CA9AE #93C0C4 #BBD7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#6CA9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#6CA9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CA9AE

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CA9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CA9AE	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A4AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51ADAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ca9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 169, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.063 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99c2c6',
    500: '#6ca9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ca9ae;
$custom-light: #99c2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ca9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.545,
    "s": 28.947,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69518,
    "c": 0.06341,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CA9AE

secondary

#C9AFAD

accent

#6A63C5

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F8

border

#CCD0D1

text

#0E1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CA9AE

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

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