#6CB3BE#6CB3BE

#6CB3BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.073 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB3BE
RGB	rgb(108, 179, 190)
HSL	hsl(188, 39%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(188, 43%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -19.39, -12.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 23.12, 212.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0643 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.073 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5953, 39.1437, 54.5958)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB3BE #BE776C

analogous

#6CBEA0 #6CB3BE #6C8ABE

triadic

#6CB3BE #BE6CB3 #B3BE6C

tetradic

#6CB3BE #A06CBE #BE776C #8ABE6C

square

#6CB3BE #A06CBE #BE776C #8ABE6C

split-complementary

#6CB3BE #BE6C8A #BEA06C

monochromatic

#36717A #4998A4 #6CB3BE #96C9D1 #C1DFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#6CB3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#6CB3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB3BE

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB3BE	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 179, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.073 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bcad1',
    500: '#6cb3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb3be;
$custom-light: #9bcad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.049,
    "s": 38.679,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72406,
    "c": 0.07305,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB3BE

secondary

#D3B7B3

accent

#6959CF

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB3BE

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

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