#6CAEAC#6CAEAC

#6CAEAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.068 H 193.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CAEAC
RGB	rgb(108, 174, 172)
HSL	hsl(178, 29%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(178, 38%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 0%, 1.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, -21.43, -5.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 22.15, 194.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0657 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.068 193.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7640, 36.4368, 44.5390)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CAEAC #AE6C6E

analogous

#6CAE8B #6CAEAC #6C8FAE

triadic

#6CAEAC #AC6CAE #AEAC6C

tetradic

#6CAEAC #8B6CAE #AE6C6E #8FAE6C

square

#6CAEAC #8B6CAE #AE6C6E #8FAE6C

split-complementary

#6CAEAC #AE6C8F #AE8B6C

monochromatic

#396765 #4E8E8C #6CAEAC #93C4C2 #BBD9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#6CAEAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#6CAEAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CAEAC

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CAEAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CAEAC	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A8AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51B2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6caeac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 174, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.068 193.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99c6c4',
    500: '#6caeac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6caeac;
$custom-light: #99c6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6caeac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.182,
    "s": 28.947,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70621,
    "c": 0.0675,
    "h": 193.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CAEAC

secondary

#C9ADAE

accent

#6366C5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0E1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CAEAC

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

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