#6DB9BD#6DB9BD

#6DB9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.076 H 200.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB9BD
RGB	rgb(109, 185, 189)
HSL	hsl(183, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(183, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, -22.47, -9.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 24.36, 202.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.0711 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.076 200)
XYZ	xyz(32.8375, 41.6208, 54.4375)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB9BD #BD716D

analogous

#6DBD99 #6DB9BD #6D91BD

triadic

#6DB9BD #BD6DB9 #B9BD6D

tetradic

#6DB9BD #996DBD #BD716D #91BD6D

square

#6DB9BD #996DBD #BD716D #91BD6D

split-complementary

#6DB9BD #BD6D91 #BD996D

monochromatic

#377679 #4A9FA3 #6DB9BD #97CDD0 #C1E1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#6DB9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#6DB9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB9BD

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB9BD	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 185, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.076 200.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bced0',
    500: '#6db9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db9bd;
$custom-light: #9bced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183,
    "s": 37.736,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73812,
    "c": 0.07569,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.41623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB9BD

secondary

#D3B5B3

accent

#605ACE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB9BD

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

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