#6E959A#6E959A

#6E959A is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.043 H 206.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E959A
RGB	rgb(110, 149, 154)
HSL	hsl(187, 18%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(187, 29%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 3.2%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, -12.11, -6.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 13.98, 209.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% -0.0391 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.043 206)
XYZ	xyz(23.0087, 27.1419, 34.5921)
Luminance	0.2714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E959A #9A736E

analogous

#6E9A89 #6E959A #6E7F9A

triadic

#6E959A #9A6E95 #959A6E

tetradic

#6E959A #896E9A #9A736E #7F9A6E

square

#6E959A #896E9A #9A736E #7F9A6E

split-complementary

#6E959A #9A6E7F #9A896E

monochromatic

#3A5153 #537378 #6E959A #92AFB3 #B6CACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#6E959A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#6E959A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6E959A

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E959A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6E959A	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F929A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F9896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e959a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 149, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.043 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99b4b7',
    500: '#6e959a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e959a;
$custom-light: #99b4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e959a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.818,
    "s": 17.886,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64284,
    "c": 0.04346,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.27143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E959A

secondary

#BCAAA8

accent

#766DBB

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F6F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0E1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E959A

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

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