#6CB6BC#6CB6BC

#6CB6BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.074 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB6BC
RGB	rgb(108, 182, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -21.45, -10.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 23.79, 205.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0687 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.074 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9860, 40.2725, 53.6550)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB6BC #BC726C

analogous

#6CBC9A #6CB6BC #6C8EBC

triadic

#6CB6BC #BC6CB6 #B6BC6C

tetradic

#6CB6BC #9A6CBC #BC726C #8EBC6C

square

#6CB6BC #9A6CBC #BC726C #8EBC6C

split-complementary

#6CB6BC #BC6C8E #BC9A6C

monochromatic

#367277 #4A9BA1 #6CB6BC #96CBCF #C0E0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#6CB6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#6CB6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB6BC

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB6BC	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47BBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 182, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.074 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bccd0',
    500: '#6cb6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb6bc;
$custom-light: #9bccd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.5,
    "s": 37.383,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73032,
    "c": 0.07432,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB6BC

secondary

#D2B4B2

accent

#635ACD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB6BC

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

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