#6DB4BD#6DB4BD

#6DB4BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.072 H 206.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB4BD
RGB	rgb(109, 180, 189)
HSL	hsl(187, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(187, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 4.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -19.92, -11.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 23.04, 210.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.0651 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.072 206)
XYZ	xyz(31.8098, 39.5655, 54.0949)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB4BD #BD766D

analogous

#6DBD9E #6DB4BD #6D8CBD

triadic

#6DB4BD #BD6DB4 #B4BD6D

tetradic

#6DB4BD #9E6DBD #BD766D #8CBD6D

square

#6DB4BD #9E6DBD #BD766D #8CBD6D

split-complementary

#6DB4BD #BD6D8C #BD9E6D

monochromatic

#377179 #4A99A3 #6DB4BD #97CAD0 #C1DFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#6DB4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#6DB4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB4BD

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB4BD	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49B9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 180, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.072 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bcad0',
    500: '#6db4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db4bd;
$custom-light: #9bcad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.75,
    "s": 37.736,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72651,
    "c": 0.07248,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.39568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB4BD

secondary

#D3B7B3

accent

#675ACE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB4BD

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

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