#6E9999#6E9999

#6E9999 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.047 H 196.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E9999
RGB	rgb(110, 153, 153)
HSL	hsl(180, 17%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(180, 28%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 0%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.24, -14.51, -4.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.24, 15.26, 198.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% -0.0449 -0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.047 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.5695, 28.3962, 34.3699)
Luminance	0.2840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E9999 #996E6E

analogous

#6E9984 #6E9999 #6E8499

triadic

#6E9999 #996E99 #99996E

tetradic

#6E9999 #846E99 #996E6E #84996E

square

#6E9999 #846E99 #996E6E #84996E

split-complementary

#6E9999 #996E84 #99846E

monochromatic

#3A5353 #537676 #6E9999 #92B2B2 #B6CCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#6E9999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#6E9999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6E9999

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E9999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6E9999	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F9C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e9999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 153, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.047 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99b7b7',
    500: '#6e9999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e9999;
$custom-light: #99b7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e9999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 17.409,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65182,
    "c": 0.04672,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E9999

secondary

#BBA8A8

accent

#6E6EBA

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F6F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0E1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E9999

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

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