#6CB9BE#6CB9BE

#6CB9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.077 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB9BE
RGB	rgb(108, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(184, 39%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(184, 43%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -22.46, -9.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 24.58, 203.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0715 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.077 201)
XYZ	xyz(32.8240, 41.6013, 55.0054)
Luminance	0.4160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB9BE #BE716C

analogous

#6CBE9A #6CB9BE #6C90BE

triadic

#6CB9BE #BE6CB9 #B9BE6C

tetradic

#6CB9BE #9A6CBE #BE716C #90BE6C

square

#6CB9BE #9A6CBE #BE716C #90BE6C

split-complementary

#6CB9BE #BE6C90 #BE9A6C

monochromatic

#36767A #499FA4 #6CB9BE #96CDD1 #C1E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#6CB9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#6CB9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB9BE

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB9BE	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.077 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bced1',
    500: '#6cb9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb9be;
$custom-light: #9bced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.659,
    "s": 38.679,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73799,
    "c": 0.07659,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.41604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB9BE

secondary

#D3B5B3

accent

#6059CF

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB9BE

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

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