#6997B9#6997B9

#6997B9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.071 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6997B9
RGB	rgb(105, 151, 185)
HSL	hsl(206, 36%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(206, 43%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 18.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.46, -6.47, -22.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.46, 23.45, 253.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.63% -0.0343 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(65.63% 0.071 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6463, 28.6376, 50.0657)
Luminance	0.2864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6997B9 #B98B69

analogous

#69B9B3 #6997B9 #696FB9

triadic

#6997B9 #B96997 #97B969

tetradic

#6997B9 #B369B9 #B98B69 #6FB969

square

#6997B9 #B369B9 #B98B69 #6FB969

split-complementary

#6997B9 #B9696F #B9B369

monochromatic

#355872 #49799C #6997B9 #93B4CC #BCD1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#6997B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#6997B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6997B9

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6997B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6997B9	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8897BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#499FA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6997b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 151, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.071 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97b5ce',
    500: '#6997b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6997b9;
$custom-light: #97b5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6997b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.5,
    "s": 36.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65634,
    "c": 0.07125,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6997B9

secondary

#CFBCAF

accent

#8B5BCC

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F6F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0E1113

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #6997B9

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

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