#6CB8BF#6CB8BF

#6CB8BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.076 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB8BF
RGB	rgb(108, 184, 191)
HSL	hsl(185, 39%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 43%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -21.69, -10.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 24.29, 206.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0699 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.076 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7252, 41.2282, 55.5135)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB8BF #BF736C

analogous

#6CBF9C #6CB8BF #6C8EBF

triadic

#6CB8BF #BF6CB8 #B8BF6C

tetradic

#6CB8BF #9C6CBF #BF736C #8EBF6C

square

#6CB8BF #9C6CBF #BF736C #8EBF6C

split-complementary

#6CB8BF #BF6C8E #BF9C6C

monochromatic

#36757B #489EA6 #6CB8BF #97CDD2 #C1E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#6CB8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#6CB8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB8BF

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB8BF	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 184, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.076 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bcdd2',
    500: '#6cb8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb8bf;
$custom-light: #9bcdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.06,
    "s": 39.336,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73601,
    "c": 0.07607,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB8BF

secondary

#D4B6B3

accent

#6359CF

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB8BF

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

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