#6BB8CD#6BB8CD

#6BB8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.082 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BB8CD
RGB	rgb(107, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 49%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(193, 48%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -18.19, -17.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 25.58, 224.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.0651 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.082 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2192, 41.8118, 64.0130)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BB8CD #CD806B

analogous

#6BCDB1 #6BB8CD #6B87CD

triadic

#6BB8CD #CD6BB8 #B8CD6B

tetradic

#6BB8CD #B16BCD #CD806B #87CD6B

square

#6BB8CD #B16BCD #CD806B #87CD6B

split-complementary

#6BB8CD #CD6B87 #CDB16B

monochromatic

#307A8E #3FA1BB #6BB8CD #99CEDC #C6E4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#6BB8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#6BB8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BB8CD

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BB8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BB8CD	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bb8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.082 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bcddc',
    500: '#6bb8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bb8cd;
$custom-light: #9bcddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bb8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.857,
    "s": 49.495,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74062,
    "c": 0.08185,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BB8CD

secondary

#DCBFB8

accent

#4829BD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BB8CD

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

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