#6E8A8D#6E8A8D

#6E8A8D is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.032 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E8A8D
RGB	rgb(110, 138, 141)
HSL	hsl(186, 12%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 22%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 2.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.50, -9.18, -4.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.50, 10.39, 208.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.29% -0.0292 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(61.29% 0.032 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.3252, 23.4143, 28.6426)
Luminance	0.2341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E8A8D #8D716E

analogous

#6E8D81 #6E8A8D #6E7B8D

triadic

#6E8A8D #8D6E8A #8A8D6E

tetradic

#6E8A8D #816E8D #8D716E #7B8D6E

square

#6E8A8D #816E8D #8D716E #7B8D6E

split-complementary

#6E8A8D #8D6E7B #8D816E

monochromatic

#384748 #53686B #6E8A8D #90A6A8 #B2C2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#6E8A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#6E8A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6E8A8D

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E8A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6E8A8D	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86878D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80838D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#648C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e8a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 138, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.032 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98acae',
    500: '#6e8a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e8a8d;
$custom-light: #98acae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e8a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.806,
    "s": 12.351,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61286,
    "c": 0.0321,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E8A8D

secondary

#B3A6A4

accent

#7973B5

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F4F4

border

#CCCECE

text

#0D1010

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E8A8D

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

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