#6CB4A8#6CB4A8

#6CB4A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.075 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB4A8
RGB	rgb(108, 180, 168)
HSL	hsl(170, 32%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(170, 40%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 0%, 6.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -25.43, -0.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 25.45, 182.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0748 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.075 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5708, 38.6557, 42.9413)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB4A8 #B46C78

analogous

#6CB484 #6CB4A8 #6C9CB4

triadic

#6CB4A8 #A86CB4 #B4A86C

tetradic

#6CB4A8 #846CB4 #B46C78 #9CB46C

square

#6CB4A8 #846CB4 #B46C78 #9CB46C

split-complementary

#6CB4A8 #B46C9C #B4846C

monochromatic

#386E65 #4D968A #6CB4A8 #95C9C0 #BDDDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#6CB4A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#6CB4A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB4A8

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB4A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB4A8	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEACA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A3A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb4a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 180, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.075 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9acac1',
    500: '#6cb4a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb4a8;
$custom-light: #9acac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb4a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71908,
    "c": 0.07489,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB4A8

secondary

#CDAFB4

accent

#5F71C9

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F7

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB4A8

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

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