#6CB4BF#6CB4BF

#6CB4BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.074 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB4BF
RGB	rgb(108, 180, 191)
HSL	hsl(188, 39%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 43%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -19.64, -12.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 23.37, 212.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0651 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.074 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9061, 39.5899, 55.2404)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB4BF #BF776C

analogous

#6CBFA0 #6CB4BF #6C8ABF

triadic

#6CB4BF #BF6CB4 #B4BF6C

tetradic

#6CB4BF #A06CBF #BF776C #8ABF6C

square

#6CB4BF #A06CBF #BF776C #8ABF6C

split-complementary

#6CB4BF #BF6C8A #BFA06C

monochromatic

#36727B #4899A6 #6CB4BF #97CAD2 #C1E0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#6CB4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#6CB4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB4BF

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB4BF	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 180, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.074 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bcad2',
    500: '#6cb4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb4bf;
$custom-light: #9bcad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.952,
    "s": 39.336,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72673,
    "c": 0.07383,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB4BF

secondary

#D4B7B3

accent

#6859CF

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB4BF

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

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