#6E8280#6E8280

#6E8280 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.023 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E8280
RGB	rgb(110, 130, 128)
HSL	hsl(174, 8%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(174, 15%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 0%, 1.5%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.77, -7.67, -1.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.77, 7.79, 190.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59% -0.0232 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.023 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.3083, 20.8383, 23.4755)
Luminance	0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E8280 #826E70

analogous

#6E8276 #6E8280 #6E7A82

triadic

#6E8280 #806E82 #82806E

tetradic

#6E8280 #766E82 #826E70 #7A826E

square

#6E8280 #766E82 #826E70 #7A826E

split-complementary

#6E8280 #826E7A #82766E

monochromatic

#36403F #52615F #6E8280 #8E9F9E #AFBBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#6E8280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#6E8280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6E8280

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E8280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6E8280	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808080

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7D80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#698381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e8280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 130, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.023 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97a6a4',
    500: '#6e8280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e8280;
$custom-light: #97a6a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e8280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58998,
    "c": 0.02347,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E8280

secondary

#ABA1A2

accent

#767CB1

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F4F4

border

#CCCECE

text

#0D0F0F

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E8280

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

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