#6E959B#6E959B

#6E959B is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.044 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E959B
RGB	rgb(110, 149, 155)
HSL	hsl(188, 18%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(188, 29%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 3.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, -11.87, -7.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 14.04, 212.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% -0.0386 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.044 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.0924, 27.1753, 35.0326)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E959B #9B746E

analogous

#6E9B8B #6E959B #6E7F9B

triadic

#6E959B #9B6E95 #959B6E

tetradic

#6E959B #8B6E9B #9B746E #7F9B6E

square

#6E959B #8B6E9B #9B746E #7F9B6E

split-complementary

#6E959B #9B6E7F #9B8B6E

monochromatic

#3A5154 #537479 #6E959B #92AFB4 #B6CACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#6E959B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#6E959B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6E959B

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E959B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6E959B	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F929B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F9897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e959b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 149, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.044 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99b4b8',
    500: '#6e959b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e959b;
$custom-light: #99b4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e959b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 18.367,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64319,
    "c": 0.04374,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E959B

secondary

#BCABA9

accent

#776DBB

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F6F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0E1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E959B

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

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