#6CB4A5#6CB4A5

#6CB4A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.076 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB4A5
RGB	rgb(108, 180, 165)
HSL	hsl(168, 32%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(168, 40%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 0%, 8.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -26.14, 0.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 26.14, 178.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0761 0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.076 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2945, 38.5452, 41.4863)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB4A5 #B46C7B

analogous

#6CB481 #6CB4A5 #6C9FB4

triadic

#6CB4A5 #A56CB4 #B4A56C

tetradic

#6CB4A5 #816CB4 #B46C7B #9FB46C

square

#6CB4A5 #816CB4 #B46C7B #9FB46C

split-complementary

#6CB4A5 #B46C9F #B4816C

monochromatic

#386E62 #4D9687 #6CB4A5 #95C9BE #BDDDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#6CB4A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#6CB4A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB4A5

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB4A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB4A5	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFACA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A3A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53B6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb4a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 180, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.076 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99cabf',
    500: '#6cb4a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb4a5;
$custom-light: #99cabf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb4a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.5,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71816,
    "c": 0.07616,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB4A5

secondary

#CDAFB5

accent

#5F75C9

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F7

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB4A5

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

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