#6DB7BD#6DB7BD

#6DB7BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.074 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB7BD
RGB	rgb(109, 183, 189)
HSL	hsl(185, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -21.45, -10.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 23.79, 205.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0687 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.074 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4220, 40.7899, 54.2990)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB7BD #BD736D

analogous

#6DBD9B #6DB7BD #6D8FBD

triadic

#6DB7BD #BD6DB7 #B7BD6D

tetradic

#6DB7BD #9B6DBD #BD736D #8FBD6D

square

#6DB7BD #9B6DBD #BD736D #8FBD6D

split-complementary

#6DB7BD #BD6D8F #BD9B6D

monochromatic

#377479 #4A9CA3 #6DB7BD #97CCD0 #C1E1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#6DB7BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#6DB7BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB7BD

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB7BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB7BD	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db7bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 183, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.074 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bccd0',
    500: '#6db7bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db7bd;
$custom-light: #9bccd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db7bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.5,
    "s": 37.736,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73347,
    "c": 0.07431,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB7BD

secondary

#D3B5B3

accent

#635ACE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB7BD

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

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