#6DC9D6#6DC9D6

#6DC9D6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.090 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC9D6
RGB	rgb(109, 201, 214)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(187, 49%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 6.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, -23.94, -14.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 28.23, 211.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% -0.0795 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.09 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.3262, 49.8762, 71.1600)
Luminance	0.4988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC9D6 #D67A6D

analogous

#6DD6AF #6DC9D6 #6D94D6

triadic

#6DC9D6 #D66DC9 #C9D66D

tetradic

#6DC9D6 #AF6DD6 #D67A6D #94D66D

square

#6DC9D6 #AF6DD6 #D67A6D #94D66D

split-complementary

#6DC9D6 #D66D94 #D6AF6D

monochromatic

#2C8F9D #3DB7C9 #6DC9D6 #9DDBE3 #CDECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#6DC9D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#6DC9D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC9D6

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC9D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC9D6	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC3D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB6D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2ED0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc9d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 201, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.090 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed9e2',
    500: '#6dc9d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc9d6;
$custom-light: #9ed9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc9d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.429,
    "s": 56.15,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78384,
    "c": 0.08955,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC9D6

secondary

#E2C1BD

accent

#3622C4

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC9D6

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

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