#6E8596#6E8596

#6E8596 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.037 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E8596
RGB	rgb(110, 133, 150)
HSL	hsl(206, 16%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 27%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 11.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.33, -4.19, -11.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.33, 12.54, 250.49°)
OKLab	oklab(60.46% -0.0184 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(60.46% 0.037 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.3214, 22.2913, 32.0802)
Luminance	0.2229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E8596 #967F6E

analogous

#6E9693 #6E8596 #6E7196

triadic

#6E8596 #966E85 #85966E

tetradic

#6E8596 #936E96 #967F6E #71966E

square

#6E8596 #936E96 #967F6E #71966E

split-complementary

#6E8596 #966E71 #96936E

monochromatic

#3A4650 #536673 #6E8596 #91A3B0 #B5C1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#6E8596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#6E8596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6E8596

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E8596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6E8596	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798096

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e8596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 133, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.037 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98a8b4',
    500: '#6e8596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e8596;
$custom-light: #98a8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e8596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.5,
    "s": 16,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60463,
    "c": 0.03713,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E8596

secondary

#B9AFA7

accent

#8E6FB9

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F6

border

#CCCED0

text

#0E0F11

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E8596

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

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