#6CB5BC#6CB5BC

#6CB5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.074 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB5BC
RGB	rgb(108, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -20.94, -10.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 23.52, 207.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0675 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.074 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7819, 39.8644, 53.5870)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB5BC #BC736C

analogous

#6CBC9B #6CB5BC #6C8DBC

triadic

#6CB5BC #BC6CB5 #B5BC6C

tetradic

#6CB5BC #9B6CBC #BC736C #8DBC6C

square

#6CB5BC #9B6CBC #BC736C #8DBC6C

split-complementary

#6CB5BC #BC6C8D #BC9B6C

monochromatic

#367277 #4A9AA1 #6CB5BC #96CACF #C0DFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#6CB5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#6CB5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB5BC

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB5BC	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.074 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bcbd0',
    500: '#6cb5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb5bc;
$custom-light: #9bcbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.25,
    "s": 37.383,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72799,
    "c": 0.07368,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB5BC

secondary

#D2B5B2

accent

#655ACD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB5BC

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

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