#6E997D#6E997D

#6E997D is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.063 H 155.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E997D
RGB	rgb(110, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(141, 17%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(141, 28%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 0%, 18.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.50, -20.70, 10.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.50, 23.01, 154.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.34% -0.0574 0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(64.34% 0.063 155.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.5221, 27.5772, 23.5870)
Luminance	0.2758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E997D #996E8A

analogous

#75996E #6E997D #6E9993

triadic

#6E997D #7D6E99 #997D6E

tetradic

#6E997D #6E7599 #996E8A #99936E

square

#6E997D #6E7599 #996E8A #99936E

split-complementary

#6E997D #936E99 #996E75

monochromatic

#3A5343 #537660 #6E997D #92B29D #B6CCBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#6E997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#6E997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6E997D

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6E997D	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99927C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918D7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#679891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.063 155.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98b7a2',
    500: '#6e997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e997d;
$custom-light: #98b7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140.93,
    "s": 17.409,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64344,
    "c": 0.06295,
    "h": 155.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E997D

secondary

#BBA8B4

accent

#6E9FBA

background

#F9FBFA

surface

#F2F6F3

border

#CCD0CD

text

#0E110F

muted

#7E807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E997D

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

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