#6CAEAD#6CAEAD

#6CAEAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.067 H 194.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CAEAD
RGB	rgb(108, 174, 173)
HSL	hsl(179, 29%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(179, 38%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, -21.18, -6.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 22.05, 196.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.0653 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.067 194.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8604, 36.4754, 45.0467)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CAEAD #AE6C6D

analogous

#6CAE8C #6CAEAD #6C8EAE

triadic

#6CAEAD #AD6CAE #AEAD6C

tetradic

#6CAEAD #8C6CAE #AE6C6D #8EAE6C

square

#6CAEAD #8C6CAE #AE6C6D #8EAE6C

split-complementary

#6CAEAD #AE6C8E #AE8C6C

monochromatic

#396766 #4E8E8D #6CAEAD #93C4C3 #BBD9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#6CAEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#6CAEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CAEAD

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CAEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CAEAD	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A8AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50B2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6caead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 174, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.067 194.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99c6c5',
    500: '#6caead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6caead;
$custom-light: #99c6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6caead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.091,
    "s": 28.947,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70654,
    "c": 0.06742,
    "h": 194.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CAEAD

secondary

#C9ADAE

accent

#6364C5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0E1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CAEAD

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

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