#6DB5AC#6DB5AC

#6DB5AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.074 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB5AC
RGB	rgb(109, 181, 172)
HSL	hsl(173, 33%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(173, 40%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 0%, 5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -24.70, -2.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 24.83, 185.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.0735 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.074 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2741, 39.2754, 45.0073)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB5AC #B56D76

analogous

#6DB588 #6DB5AC #6D9AB5

triadic

#6DB5AC #AC6DB5 #B5AC6D

tetradic

#6DB5AC #886DB5 #B56D76 #9AB56D

square

#6DB5AC #886DB5 #B56D76 #9AB56D

split-complementary

#6DB5AC #B56D9A #B5886D

monochromatic

#386F68 #4D988E #6DB5AC #96CAC3 #BEDEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#6DB5AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#6DB5AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB5AC

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB5AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB5AC	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAEAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51B8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db5ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 181, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.074 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9acbc4',
    500: '#6db5ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db5ac;
$custom-light: #9acbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db5ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 32.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72318,
    "c": 0.07386,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB5AC

secondary

#CEB0B4

accent

#5F6CC9

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0E1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB5AC

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

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