#6DC9DB#6DC9DB

#6DC9DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.091 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC9DB
RGB	rgb(109, 201, 219)
HSL	hsl(190, 60%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(190, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 8.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, -22.59, -17.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 28.52, 217.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% -0.0775 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.091 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9745, 50.1355, 74.5747)
Luminance	0.5014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC9DB #DB7F6D

analogous

#6DDBB6 #6DC9DB #6D92DB

triadic

#6DC9DB #DB6DC9 #C9DB6D

tetradic

#6DC9DB #B66DDB #DB7F6D #92DB6D

square

#6DC9DB #B66DDB #DB7F6D #92DB6D

split-complementary

#6DC9DB #DB6D92 #DBB66D

monochromatic

#2991A5 #3CB7CF #6DC9DB #9EDBE7 #CFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#6DC9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#6DC9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC9DB

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC9DB	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC3DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 201, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.091 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed9e6',
    500: '#6dc9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc9db;
$custom-light: #9ed9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.818,
    "s": 60.44,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78564,
    "c": 0.09121,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC9DB

secondary

#A85444

accent

#391DC8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#0F1415

muted

#808384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC9DB

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

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