#6BB5E9#6BB5E9

#6BB5E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.106 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BB5E9
RGB	rgb(107, 181, 233)
HSL	hsl(205, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(205, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 22.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, -8.57, -33.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 34.12, 255.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.0516 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.106 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2899, 42.0536, 83.2271)
Luminance	0.4206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BB5E9 #E99F6B

analogous

#6BE9DE #6BB5E9 #6B76E9

triadic

#6BB5E9 #E96BB5 #B5E96B

tetradic

#6BB5E9 #DE6BE9 #E99F6B #76E96B

square

#6BB5E9 #DE6BE9 #E99F6B #76E96B

split-complementary

#6BB5E9 #E96B76 #E9DE6B

monochromatic

#1C7BBD #369AE1 #6BB5E9 #A0D0F1 #D6EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#6BB5E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#6BB5E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BB5E9

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BB5E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BB5E9	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB5EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA8E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0BC2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bb5e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 181, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.106 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcbf0',
    500: '#6bb5e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bb5e9;
$custom-light: #9dcbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bb5e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.762,
    "s": 74.118,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74532,
    "c": 0.10571,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BB5E9

secondary

#ECD4C4

accent

#610FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BB5E9

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

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