#6CB9B2#6CB9B2

#6CB9B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.077 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB9B2
RGB	rgb(108, 185, 178)
HSL	hsl(175, 35%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(175, 42%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, -25.49, -3.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 25.79, 188.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.0766 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.077 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5661, 41.0981, 48.3802)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB9B2 #B96C73

analogous

#6CB98B #6CB9B2 #6C9AB9

triadic

#6CB9B2 #B26CB9 #B9B26C

tetradic

#6CB9B2 #8B6CB9 #B96C73 #9AB96C

square

#6CB9B2 #8B6CB9 #B96C73 #9AB96C

split-complementary

#6CB9B2 #B96C9A #B98B6C

monochromatic

#37746E #4B9D96 #6CB9B2 #95CDC8 #BFE0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#6CB9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#6CB9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB9B2

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB9B2	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B2B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A8B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CBCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 185, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.077 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9acec9',
    500: '#6cb9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb9b2;
$custom-light: #9acec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73401,
    "c": 0.07734,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB9B2

secondary

#D0B1B4

accent

#5C66CC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0E1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB9B2

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

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