#6BB5EE#6BB5EE

#6BB5EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.111 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BB5EE
RGB	rgb(107, 181, 238)
HSL	hsl(206, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(206, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 23.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -7.07, -35.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 36.13, 258.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.0499 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.111 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0143, 42.3433, 87.0421)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BB5EE #EEA46B

analogous

#6BEEE6 #6BB5EE #6B73EE

triadic

#6BB5EE #EE6BB5 #B5EE6B

tetradic

#6BB5EE #E66BEE #EEA46B #73EE6B

square

#6BB5EE #E66BEE #EEA46B #73EE6B

split-complementary

#6BB5EE #EE6B73 #EEE66B

monochromatic

#177BC8 #349AE8 #6BB5EE #A2D0F4 #D9ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#6BB5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#6BB5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BB5EE

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BB5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BB5EE	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bb5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 181, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.111 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecbf3',
    500: '#6bb5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bb5ee;
$custom-light: #9ecbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bb5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.107,
    "s": 79.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74755,
    "c": 0.11106,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BB5EE

secondary

#EFD8C6

accent

#650ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BB5EE

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

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