#6DC9AE#6DC9AE

#6DC9AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.097 H 172.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC9AE
RGB	rgb(109, 201, 174)
HSL	hsl(162, 46%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(162, 46%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 0%, 13.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -33.90, 5.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 34.27, 171.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.0965 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.097 172.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8301, 48.0778, 47.4807)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC9AE #C96D88

analogous

#6DC980 #6DC9AE #6DB6C9

triadic

#6DC9AE #AE6DC9 #C9AE6D

tetradic

#6DC9AE #806DC9 #C96D88 #B6C96D

square

#6DC9AE #806DC9 #C96D88 #B6C96D

split-complementary

#6DC9AE #C96DB6 #C9806D

monochromatic

#338970 #43B694 #6DC9AE #9ADAC7 #C6EAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#6DC9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#6DC9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC9AE

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC9AE	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BFAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B4B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CCBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 201, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.097 172.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cdac6',
    500: '#6dc9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc9ae;
$custom-light: #9cdac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.391,
    "s": 46,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77112,
    "c": 0.09734,
    "h": 172.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC9AE

secondary

#DAB7C2

accent

#2C56B9

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF8

border

#CCD3D1

text

#0F1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC9AE

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

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