#6CB6AE#6CB6AE

#6CB6AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.075 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB6AE
RGB	rgb(108, 182, 174)
HSL	hsl(174, 34%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(174, 41%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 0%, 4.4%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -24.98, -3.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 25.18, 187.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0747 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.075 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5494, 39.6978, 46.0888)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB6AE #B66C74

analogous

#6CB689 #6CB6AE #6C99B6

triadic

#6CB6AE #AE6CB6 #B6AE6C

tetradic

#6CB6AE #896CB6 #B66C74 #99B66C

square

#6CB6AE #896CB6 #B66C74 #99B66C

split-complementary

#6CB6AE #B66C99 #B6896C

monochromatic

#38706A #4C9991 #6CB6AE #95CAC5 #BEDFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#6CB6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#6CB6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB6AE

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB6AE	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EB9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 182, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.075 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9accc6',
    500: '#6cb6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb6ae;
$custom-light: #9accc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.514,
    "s": 33.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72568,
    "c": 0.07519,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB6AE

secondary

#CEB0B3

accent

#5E6ACA

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0E1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB6AE

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

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