#6E9896#6E9896

#6E9896 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.046 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E9896
RGB	rgb(110, 152, 150)
HSL	hsl(177, 17%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 28%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 0%, 1.3%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, -14.69, -3.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 15.12, 193.69°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% -0.0448 -0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.046 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1619, 27.9724, 33.0270)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E9896 #986E70

analogous

#6E9881 #6E9896 #6E8598

triadic

#6E9896 #966E98 #98966E

tetradic

#6E9896 #816E98 #986E70 #85986E

square

#6E9896 #816E98 #986E70 #85986E

split-complementary

#6E9896 #986E85 #98816E

monochromatic

#3A5250 #537574 #6E9896 #92B1B0 #B6CBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#6E9896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#6E9896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6E9896

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E9896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6E9896	1.00	3.18	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8E96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#609A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e9896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 152, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.046 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99b6b4',
    500: '#6e9896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e9896;
$custom-light: #99b6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e9896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.143,
    "s": 16.935,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64848,
    "c": 0.04591,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E9896

secondary

#BAA8A9

accent

#6E72BA

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F6F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0E1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E9896

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

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