#6E8296#6E8296

#6E8296 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.039 H 248.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E8296
RGB	rgb(110, 130, 150)
HSL	hsl(210, 16%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(210, 27%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 13.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.47, -2.47, -13.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.47, 13.35, 259.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.78% -0.0141 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(59.78% 0.039 248.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.9165, 21.4816, 31.9452)
Luminance	0.2148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E8296 #96826E

analogous

#6E9696 #6E8296 #6E6E96

triadic

#6E8296 #966E82 #82966E

tetradic

#6E8296 #966E96 #96826E #6E966E

square

#6E8296 #966E96 #96826E #6E966E

split-complementary

#6E8296 #966E6E #96966E

monochromatic

#3A4550 #536373 #6E8296 #91A1B0 #B5BFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#6E8296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#6E8296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6E8296

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E8296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6E8296	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767E96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#638788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e8296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 130, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.039 248.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98a6b4',
    500: '#6e8296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e8296;
$custom-light: #98a6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e8296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 16,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59783,
    "c": 0.03851,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E8296

secondary

#B9B0A7

accent

#946FB9

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F6

border

#CCCED0

text

#0E0F11

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E8296

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

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