#6DB9BE#6DB9BE

#6DB9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.076 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB9BE
RGB	rgb(109, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(184, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(184, 43%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -22.21, -9.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 24.32, 204.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0707 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.076 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9464, 41.6643, 55.0111)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB9BE #BE726D

analogous

#6DBE9A #6DB9BE #6D90BE

triadic

#6DB9BE #BE6DB9 #B9BE6D

tetradic

#6DB9BE #9A6DBE #BE726D #90BE6D

square

#6DB9BE #9A6DBE #BE726D #90BE6D

split-complementary

#6DB9BE #BE6D90 #BE9A6D

monochromatic

#36767A #499FA5 #6DB9BE #97CDD1 #C2E2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#6DB9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#6DB9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB9BE

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB9BE	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.076 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bced1',
    500: '#6db9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db9be;
$custom-light: #9bced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.704,
    "s": 38.389,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73846,
    "c": 0.07579,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB9BE

secondary

#D3B5B3

accent

#6159CE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB9BE

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

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