#6BB3CE#6BB3CE

#6BB3CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.082 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BB3CE
RGB	rgb(107, 179, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 48%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 13.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -15.29, -20.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 25.71, 233.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0588 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.082 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3200, 39.8196, 64.3107)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BB3CE #CE866B

analogous

#6BCEB8 #6BB3CE #6B82CE

triadic

#6BB3CE #CE6BB3 #B3CE6B

tetradic

#6BB3CE #B86BCE #CE866B #82CE6B

square

#6BB3CE #B86BCE #CE866B #82CE6B

split-complementary

#6BB3CE #CE6B82 #CEB86B

monochromatic

#2F758F #3F9BBD #6BB3CE #99CBDD #C7E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#6BB3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#6BB3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BB3CE

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BB3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BB3CE	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38BBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bb3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 179, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.082 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bc9dd',
    500: '#6bb3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bb3ce;
$custom-light: #9bc9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bb3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 50.254,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72957,
    "c": 0.08203,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BB3CE

secondary

#DDC2B8

accent

#5128BE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BB3CE

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

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