#6CB5BD#6CB5BD

#6CB5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.074 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB5BD
RGB	rgb(108, 181, 189)
HSL	hsl(186, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(186, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -20.68, -11.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 23.53, 208.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0671 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.074 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8901, 39.9076, 54.1567)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB5BD #BD746C

analogous

#6CBD9C #6CB5BD #6C8CBD

triadic

#6CB5BD #BD6CB5 #B5BD6C

tetradic

#6CB5BD #9C6CBD #BD746C #8CBD6C

square

#6CB5BD #9C6CBD #BD746C #8CBD6C

split-complementary

#6CB5BD #BD6C8C #BD9C6C

monochromatic

#367278 #499AA3 #6CB5BD #96CAD0 #C0E0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#6CB5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#6CB5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB5BD

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB5BD	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 181, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.074 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bcbd0',
    500: '#6cb5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb5bd;
$custom-light: #9bcbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.926,
    "s": 38.028,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72834,
    "c": 0.07388,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB5BD

secondary

#D3B5B2

accent

#655ACE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB5BD

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

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