#6B8EA4#6B8EA4

#6B8EA4 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.051 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B8EA4
RGB	rgb(107, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(203, 24%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(203, 35%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.22, -6.61, -15.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.22, 16.88, 246.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% -0.0285 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.051 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4351, 25.1510, 38.7872)
Luminance	0.2515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B8EA4 #A4816B

analogous

#6BA49D #6B8EA4 #6B71A4

triadic

#6B8EA4 #A46B8E #8EA46B

tetradic

#6B8EA4 #9D6BA4 #A4816B #71A46B

square

#6B8EA4 #9D6BA4 #A4816B #71A46B

split-complementary

#6B8EA4 #A46B71 #A49D6B

monochromatic

#394E5C #506F82 #6B8EA4 #91ABBB #B7C8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#6B8EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#6B8EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6B8EA4

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B8EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6B8EA4	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848DA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C87A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#589495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b8ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.051 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97afbf',
    500: '#6b8ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b8ea4;
$custom-light: #97afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b8ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.158,
    "s": 23.849,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62853,
    "c": 0.0513,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B8EA4

secondary

#C2B3A9

accent

#8A67C0

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F7

border

#CCCED0

text

#0E1012

muted

#7E7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B8EA4

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

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