#6DB5B3#6DB5B3

#6DB5B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.072 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB5B3
RGB	rgb(109, 181, 179)
HSL	hsl(178, 33%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(178, 40%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 0%, 1.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -22.98, -6.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 23.77, 194.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0705 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.072 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9642, 39.5514, 48.6416)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB5B3 #B56D6F

analogous

#6DB58F #6DB5B3 #6D93B5

triadic

#6DB5B3 #B36DB5 #B5B36D

tetradic

#6DB5B3 #8F6DB5 #B56D6F #93B56D

square

#6DB5B3 #8F6DB5 #B56D6F #93B56D

split-complementary

#6DB5B3 #B56D93 #B58F6D

monochromatic

#386F6E #4D9896 #6DB5B3 #96CAC8 #BEDEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#6DB5B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#6DB5B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB5B3

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB5B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB5B3	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)

#ADAEB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EB9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db5b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 181, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.072 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bcbc9',
    500: '#6db5b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db5b3;
$custom-light: #9bcbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db5b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.333,
    "s": 32.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72543,
    "c": 0.07247,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB5B3

secondary

#CEB0B1

accent

#5F62C9

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0E1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB5B3

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

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