#6DB4AE#6DB4AE

#6DB4AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.072 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB4AE
RGB	rgb(109, 180, 174)
HSL	hsl(175, 32%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(175, 39%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 0%, 3.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -23.71, -3.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 24.04, 189.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0714 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.072 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2650, 38.9476, 45.9590)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB4AE #B46D73

analogous

#6DB48B #6DB4AE #6D97B4

triadic

#6DB4AE #AE6DB4 #B4AE6D

tetradic

#6DB4AE #8B6DB4 #B46D73 #97B46D

square

#6DB4AE #8B6DB4 #B46D73 #97B46D

split-complementary

#6DB4AE #B46D97 #B48B6D

monochromatic

#396E6A #4D9690 #6DB4AE #95C9C4 #BEDEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#6DB4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#6DB4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB4AE

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB4AE	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADADAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A4AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51B7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 180, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.072 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9acac6',
    500: '#6db4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db4ae;
$custom-light: #9acac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.93,
    "s": 32.127,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72146,
    "c": 0.07227,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB4AE

secondary

#CDB0B2

accent

#6068C8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0E1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB4AE

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

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