#6CAFAE#6CAFAE

#6CAFAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.068 H 194.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CAFAE
RGB	rgb(108, 175, 174)
HSL	hsl(179, 30%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(179, 38%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -21.44, -6.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 22.32, 196.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.0661 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.068 194.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1515, 36.9021, 45.6229)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CAFAE #AF6C6D

analogous

#6CAF8C #6CAFAE #6C8FAF

triadic

#6CAFAE #AE6CAF #AFAE6C

tetradic

#6CAFAE #8C6CAF #AF6C6D #8FAF6C

square

#6CAFAE #8C6CAF #AF6C6D #8FAF6C

split-complementary

#6CAFAE #AF6C8F #AF8C6C

monochromatic

#396867 #4E908F #6CAFAE #94C5C4 #BBDADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#6CAFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#6CAFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CAFAE

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CAFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CAFAE	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	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)

#A7A9AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA0AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50B3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cafae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 175, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.068 194.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99c7c6',
    500: '#6cafae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cafae;
$custom-light: #99c7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cafae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.104,
    "s": 29.515,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70922,
    "c": 0.06827,
    "h": 194.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CAFAE

secondary

#C9ADAE

accent

#6264C6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0E1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CAFAE

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

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