#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
RGBrgb(109, 201, 214)
HSLhsl(187, 56%, 63%)
HSVhsv(187, 49%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(49.1%, 6.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(75.99, -23.94, -14.95)
CIE-LCHlch(75.99, 28.23, 211.99°)
OKLaboklab(78.38% -0.0795 -0.0412)
OKLCHoklch(78.38% 0.09 207.4)
XYZxyz(39.3262, 49.8762, 71.1600)
Luminance0.4988 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##6DC9D61.001.9110.9810.98
#FFFFFF1.911.0021.0021.00
#00000010.9821.001.001.00
##00000010.9821.001.001.00

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

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#6DC9D6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva