#6CB899#6CB899

#6CB899 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.089 H 165.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB899
RGB	rgb(108, 184, 153)
HSL	hsl(156, 35%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(156, 41%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 0%, 16.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -30.80, 8.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 31.93, 164.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0864 0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.089 165.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0723, 39.7670, 36.2747)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB899 #B86C8B

analogous

#6CB873 #6CB899 #6CB1B8

triadic

#6CB899 #996CB8 #B8996C

tetradic

#6CB899 #736CB8 #B86C8B #B1B86C

square

#6CB899 #736CB8 #B86C8B #B1B86C

split-complementary

#6CB899 #B86CB1 #B8736C

monochromatic

#37725A #4B9C7B #6CB899 #95CCB6 #BFE0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#6CB899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#6CB899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB899

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB899	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AE97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A69B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 184, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.089 165.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9acdb7',
    500: '#6cb899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb899;
$custom-light: #9acdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.526,
    "s": 34.862,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72428,
    "c": 0.08911,
    "h": 165.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB899

secondary

#CFB1BD

accent

#5D8ACB

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F6

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0E1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB899

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

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