#6BB5D8#6BB5D8

#6BB5D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.090 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BB5D8
RGB	rgb(107, 181, 216)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(199, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 16.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -13.53, -24.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 28.20, 241.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.0574 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.09 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9774, 41.1286, 71.0478)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BB5D8 #D88E6B

analogous

#6BD8C4 #6BB5D8 #6B7ED8

triadic

#6BB5D8 #D86BB5 #B5D86B

tetradic

#6BB5D8 #C46BD8 #D88E6B #7ED86B

square

#6BB5D8 #C46BD8 #D88E6B #7ED86B

split-complementary

#6BB5D8 #D86B7E #D8C46B

monochromatic

#2A799F #3B9DCB #6BB5D8 #9BCDE5 #CCE5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#6BB5D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#6BB5D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BB5D8

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BB5D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BB5D8	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B3DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A7D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DBFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bb5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 181, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.090 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccbe4',
    500: '#6bb5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bb5d8;
$custom-light: #9ccbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bb5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.266,
    "s": 58.289,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7381,
    "c": 0.08952,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BB5D8

secondary

#E3C8BC

accent

#5520C6

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FB

border

#CDD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BB5D8

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

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