#6BB1E5#6BB1E5

#6BB1E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.104 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BB1E5
RGB	rgb(107, 177, 229)
HSL	hsl(206, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(206, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 22.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -7.58, -32.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 33.69, 256.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0484 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.104 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9233, 40.2242, 79.9845)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BB1E5 #E59F6B

analogous

#6BE5DC #6BB1E5 #6B74E5

triadic

#6BB1E5 #E56BB1 #B1E56B

tetradic

#6BB1E5 #DC6BE5 #E59F6B #74E56B

square

#6BB1E5 #DC6BE5 #E59F6B #74E56B

split-complementary

#6BB1E5 #E56B74 #E5DC6B

monochromatic

#2076B6 #3796DC #6BB1E5 #9FCCEE #D3E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#6BB1E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#6BB1E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BB1E5

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BB1E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BB1E5	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB1E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA5E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BBEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bb1e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 177, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.104 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc8ed',
    500: '#6bb1e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bb1e5;
$custom-light: #9dc8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bb1e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.574,
    "s": 70.115,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73468,
    "c": 0.10372,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BB1E5

secondary

#EAD3C2

accent

#6513D2

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BB1E5

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

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