#6E8C8A#6E8C8A

#6E8C8A is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.034 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E8C8A
RGB	rgb(110, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(176, 12%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(176, 21%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, -10.98, -2.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 11.24, 192.42°)
OKLab	oklab(61.65% -0.0334 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(61.65% 0.034 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.3946, 23.9054, 27.5795)
Luminance	0.2391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E8C8A #8C6E70

analogous

#6E8C7B #6E8C8A #6E7F8C

triadic

#6E8C8A #8A6E8C #8C8A6E

tetradic

#6E8C8A #7B6E8C #8C6E70 #7F8C6E

square

#6E8C8A #7B6E8C #8C6E70 #7F8C6E

split-complementary

#6E8C8A #8C6E7F #8C7B6E

monochromatic

#384746 #536A68 #6E8C8A #90A8A6 #B2C2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#6E8C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#6E8C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6E8C8A

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E8C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6E8C8A	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88898A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82848A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#658E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e8c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.034 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98adac',
    500: '#6e8c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e8c8a;
$custom-light: #98adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e8c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61651,
    "c": 0.03401,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E8C8A

secondary

#B2A4A5

accent

#7377B5

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F4F4

border

#CCCECE

text

#0D1010

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E8C8A

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

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