#6BB1E1#6BB1E1

#6BB1E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.099 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BB1E1
RGB	rgb(107, 177, 225)
HSL	hsl(204, 66%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 52%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 21.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -8.77, -30.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 32.10, 254.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0497 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.099 240)
XYZ	xyz(35.3712, 40.0034, 77.0770)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BB1E1 #E19B6B

analogous

#6BE1D6 #6BB1E1 #6B76E1

triadic

#6BB1E1 #E16BB1 #B1E16B

tetradic

#6BB1E1 #D66BE1 #E19B6B #76E16B

square

#6BB1E1 #D66BE1 #E19B6B #76E16B

split-complementary

#6BB1E1 #E16B76 #E1D66B

monochromatic

#2376AE #3896D7 #6BB1E1 #9ECCEB #D1E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#6BB1E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#6BB1E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BB1E1

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BB1E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BB1E1	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)

#9CB1E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA4E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22BDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bb1e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 177, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.099 240.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc8ea',
    500: '#6bb1e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bb1e1;
$custom-light: #9dc8ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bb1e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.407,
    "s": 66.292,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73292,
    "c": 0.09948,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.40006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BB1E1

secondary

#E8D0C0

accent

#6217CE

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FD

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BB1E1

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

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