#6E8E97#6E8E97

#6E8E97 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.038 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E8E97
RGB	rgb(110, 142, 151)
HSL	hsl(193, 16%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 27%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, -9.00, -8.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 12.34, 223.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% -0.0307 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.038 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.6876, 24.8944, 32.9345)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#6E8E97 #97776E

analogous

#6E978B #6E8E97 #6E7997

triadic

#6E8E97 #976E8E #8E976E

tetradic

#6E8E97 #8B6E97 #97776E #79976E

square

#6E8E97 #8B6E97 #97776E #79976E

split-complementary

#6E8E97 #976E79 #978B6E

monochromatic

#3A4C51 #536D74 #6E8E97 #92AAB1 #B5C6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#6E8E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#6E8E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6E8E97

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E8E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6E8E97	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888C98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#619191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e8e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 142, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.038 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98afb5',
    500: '#6e8e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e8e97;
$custom-light: #98afb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e8e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.171,
    "s": 16.466,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62559,
    "c": 0.03835,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E8E97

secondary

#B9ABA7

accent

#7F6FB9

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F6

border

#CCCED0

text

#0E1011

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E8E97

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

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