#6CB3BD#6CB3BD

#6CB3BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.073 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB3BD
RGB	rgb(108, 179, 189)
HSL	hsl(187, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(187, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -19.66, -12.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 23.07, 211.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.0647 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.073 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4863, 39.1001, 54.0221)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB3BD #BD766C

analogous

#6CBD9E #6CB3BD #6C8ABD

triadic

#6CB3BD #BD6CB3 #B3BD6C

tetradic

#6CB3BD #9E6CBD #BD766C #8ABD6C

square

#6CB3BD #9E6CBD #BD766C #8ABD6C

split-complementary

#6CB3BD #BD6C8A #BD9E6C

monochromatic

#367078 #4998A3 #6CB3BD #96C9D0 #C0DFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#6CB3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#6CB3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB3BD

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB3BD	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 179, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.073 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9acad0',
    500: '#6cb3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb3bd;
$custom-light: #9acad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.407,
    "s": 38.028,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7237,
    "c": 0.07275,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB3BD

secondary

#D3B6B2

accent

#685ACE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB3BD

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

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