#6E8A99#6E8A99

#6E8A99 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.039 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E8A99
RGB	rgb(110, 138, 153)
HSL	hsl(201, 17%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(201, 28%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 9.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.88, -6.27, -11.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.88, 12.86, 240.81°)
OKLab	oklab(61.71% -0.0243 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(61.71% 0.039 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.2669, 23.7910, 33.6024)
Luminance	0.2379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E8A99 #997D6E

analogous

#6E9993 #6E8A99 #6E7599

triadic

#6E8A99 #996E8A #8A996E

tetradic

#6E8A99 #936E99 #997D6E #75996E

square

#6E8A99 #936E99 #997D6E #75996E

split-complementary

#6E8A99 #996E75 #99936E

monochromatic

#3A4A53 #536A76 #6E8A99 #92A7B2 #B6C4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#6E8A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#6E8A99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6E8A99

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E8A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6E8A99	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83899A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#618E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e8a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 138, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.039 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98acb7',
    500: '#6e8a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e8a99;
$custom-light: #98acb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e8a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.93,
    "s": 17.409,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61714,
    "c": 0.03911,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E8A99

secondary

#BBAFA8

accent

#886EBA

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F6

border

#CCCED0

text

#0E1011

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E8A99

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

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