#6CB9C4#6CB9C4

#6CB9C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.078 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB9C4
RGB	rgb(108, 185, 196)
HSL	hsl(188, 43%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(188, 45%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 5.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -20.89, -13.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 24.60, 211.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.069 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.078 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4933, 41.8690, 58.5304)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB9C4 #C4776C

analogous

#6CC4A3 #6CB9C4 #6C8DC4

triadic

#6CB9C4 #C46CB9 #B9C46C

tetradic

#6CB9C4 #A36CC4 #C4776C #8DC46C

square

#6CB9C4 #A36CC4 #C4776C #8DC46C

split-complementary

#6CB9C4 #C46C8D #C4A36C

monochromatic

#347882 #46A0AD #6CB9C4 #98CED6 #C3E3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#6CB9C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#6CB9C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB9C4

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB9C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB9C4	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB3C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA9C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41BFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb9c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 185, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.078 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bced5',
    500: '#6cb9c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb9c4;
$custom-light: #9bced5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb9c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 42.718,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74009,
    "c": 0.07775,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB9C4

secondary

#D7B9B5

accent

#6555D2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB9C4

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

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