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Organized Fenugreek

#6ae1c7
Notes

Organized Fenugreek (#6AE1C7) is a true teal with a vibrant character. It holds its own as a focal accent, carrying visual weight without tipping into neon territory. Its HSL profile (167°, 66%, 65%) places it in the balanced band at a mid lightness. It works across type, buttons, and borders, saturated enough to feel deliberate but balanced enough to not fight the rest of the palette. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary red. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#6ae1c7
RGB
rgb(106, 225, 199)
HSL
hsl(167, 66%, 65%)
HWB
hwb(167 42% 12%)
OKLCH
oklch(83.4% 0.115 177.0)
HSV
hsv(167, 53%, 88%)
LAB
lab(82.40% -39.77 2.53)
LCH
lch(82.40% 39.85 176.36)
CMYK
cmyk(53%, 0%, 12%, 12%)

Etymology

Organized
adjective

Greek órganon, instrument / tool — past-participle of organize. As a color modifier, organized implies a clear-and-coordinated-and-systematic quality where the hue carries the visual register of well-coordinated-and-classified arrangement. Sits at the crisp-and-orderly end of the grid, parallel to orderly and methodical in usage.

Fenugreek
noun

Trigonella foenum-graecum, the Mediterranean and South Asian legume whose seeds are essential to Indian and Ethiopian cooking. The color refers to fresh fenugreek leaves (called methi in Hindi): a soft, slightly cool deep yellow-green-blue with the matte finish of pinnate trifoliate leaf.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#6ae1c7
Original
#d9d5c6
Protanopia
#c7c7c9
Deuteranopia
#28e4d9
Tritanopia
#c6c6c6
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon White
1.59:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon Black
13.21:1

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