#6D8495#6D8495

#6D8495 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.037 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D8495
RGB	rgb(109, 132, 149)
HSL	hsl(206, 16%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 27%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 11.4%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.95, -4.19, -11.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.95, 12.55, 250.52°)
OKLab	oklab(60.13% -0.0184 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(60.13% 0.037 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.9812, 21.9229, 31.6067)
Luminance	0.2192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D8495 #957E6D

analogous

#6D9592 #6D8495 #6D7095

triadic

#6D8495 #956D84 #84956D

tetradic

#6D8495 #926D95 #957E6D #70956D

square

#6D8495 #926D95 #957E6D #70956D

split-complementary

#6D8495 #956D70 #95926D

monochromatic

#39454F #536572 #6D8495 #90A2AF #B4C0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#6D8495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#6D8495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6D8495

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D8495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6D8495	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787F95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#618889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d8495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 132, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.037 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97a7b4',
    500: '#6d8495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d8495;
$custom-light: #97a7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d8495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.5,
    "s": 15.873,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60127,
    "c": 0.03718,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D8495

secondary

#B8AEA6

accent

#8E6FB9

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F6

border

#CCCED0

text

#0D0F11

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D8495

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

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