#6DBDAD#6DBDAD

#6DBDAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.083 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DBDAD
RGB	rgb(109, 189, 173)
HSL	hsl(168, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(168, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 0%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -28.40, 0.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 28.41, 179.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0828 0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.083 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0441, 42.6612, 46.0729)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DBDAD #BD6D7D

analogous

#6DBD85 #6DBDAD #6DA5BD

triadic

#6DBDAD #AD6DBD #BDAD6D

tetradic

#6DBDAD #856DBD #BD6D7D #A5BD6D

square

#6DBDAD #856DBD #BD6D7D #A5BD6D

split-complementary

#6DBDAD #BD6DA5 #BD856D

monochromatic

#37796C #4AA391 #6DBDAD #97D0C5 #C1E3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#6DBDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#6DBDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DBDAD

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DBDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DBDAD	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ABAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FBFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dbdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 189, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.083 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bd1c5',
    500: '#6dbdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dbdad;
$custom-light: #9bd1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dbdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 37.736,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74237,
    "c": 0.08276,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DBDAD

secondary

#D3B3B9

accent

#5A71CE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0E1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DBDAD

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

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