#6CAEB8#6CAEB8

#6CAEB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.069 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CAEB8
RGB	rgb(108, 174, 184)
HSL	hsl(188, 35%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 41%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 5.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, -18.37, -11.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 21.80, 212.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.0607 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.069 208)
XYZ	xyz(29.9690, 36.9188, 50.8849)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CAEB8 #B8766C

analogous

#6CB89C #6CAEB8 #6C88B8

triadic

#6CAEB8 #B86CAE #AEB86C

tetradic

#6CAEB8 #9C6CB8 #B8766C #88B86C

square

#6CAEB8 #9C6CB8 #B8766C #88B86C

split-complementary

#6CAEB8 #B86C88 #B89C6C

monochromatic

#376B72 #4B919C #6CAEB8 #95C5CC #BFDBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#6CAEB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#6CAEB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CAEB8

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CAEB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CAEB8	1.00	2.50	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A9B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BB3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6caeb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 174, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.069 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ac6cd',
    500: '#6caeb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6caeb8;
$custom-light: #9ac6cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6caeb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.895,
    "s": 34.862,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71033,
    "c": 0.06871,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.36921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CAEB8

secondary

#CFB5B1

accent

#6B5DCB

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0E1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CAEB8

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

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