#6EB5BC#6EB5BC

#6EB5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.072 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EB5BC
RGB	rgb(110, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -20.44, -10.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 23.01, 207.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0659 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.072 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0280, 39.9913, 53.5986)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6EB5BC #BC756E

analogous

#6EBC9C #6EB5BC #6E8EBC

triadic

#6EB5BC #BC6EB5 #B5BC6E

tetradic

#6EB5BC #9C6EBC #BC756E #8EBC6E

square

#6EB5BC #9C6EBC #BC756E #8EBC6E

split-complementary

#6EB5BC #BC6E8E #BC9C6E

monochromatic

#377278 #4B9AA2 #6EB5BC #98CACF #C2E0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#6EB5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#6EB5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EB5BC

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EB5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EB5BC	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BBAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6eb5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.072 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccbd0',
    500: '#6eb5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6eb5bc;
$custom-light: #9ccbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6eb5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.385,
    "s": 36.792,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72896,
    "c": 0.07205,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EB5BC

secondary

#D2B6B3

accent

#655BCD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EB5BC

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

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