#6BB1C8#6BB1C8

#6BB1C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.078 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BB1C8
RGB	rgb(107, 177, 200)
HSL	hsl(195, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 47%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 11.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -15.90, -18.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 24.43, 229.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0588 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.078 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2070, 38.7377, 60.4123)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BB1C8 #C8826B

analogous

#6BC8B1 #6BB1C8 #6B82C8

triadic

#6BB1C8 #C86BB1 #B1C86B

tetradic

#6BB1C8 #B16BC8 #C8826B #82C86B

square

#6BB1C8 #B16BC8 #C8826B #82C86B

split-complementary

#6BB1C8 #C86B82 #C8B16B

monochromatic

#327287 #4397B3 #6BB1C8 #98C9D9 #C4E0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#6BB1C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#6BB1C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BB1C8

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BB1C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BB1C8	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ADC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EB9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bb1c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 177, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.078 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bc8d8',
    500: '#6bb1c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bb1c8;
$custom-light: #9bc8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bb1c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.839,
    "s": 45.813,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72267,
    "c": 0.07795,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BB1C8

secondary

#D9BEB6

accent

#4F2CB9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BB1C8

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

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