#6CB8BD#6CB8BD

#6CB8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.076 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB8BD
RGB	rgb(108, 184, 189)
HSL	hsl(184, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(184, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -22.21, -9.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 24.32, 204.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.0707 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.076 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5067, 41.1408, 54.3622)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB8BD #BD716C

analogous

#6CBD99 #6CB8BD #6C8FBD

triadic

#6CB8BD #BD6CB8 #B8BD6C

tetradic

#6CB8BD #996CBD #BD716C #8FBD6C

square

#6CB8BD #996CBD #BD716C #8FBD6C

split-complementary

#6CB8BD #BD6C8F #BD996C

monochromatic

#367478 #499DA3 #6CB8BD #96CCD0 #C0E1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#6CB8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#6CB8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB8BD

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB8BD	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 184, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.076 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bcdd0',
    500: '#6cb8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb8bd;
$custom-light: #9bcdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.704,
    "s": 38.028,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73532,
    "c": 0.07579,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB8BD

secondary

#D3B4B2

accent

#615ACE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB8BD

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

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