#6BB8D8#6BB8D8

#6BB8D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.089 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BB8D8
RGB	rgb(107, 184, 216)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 14.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -15.12, -23.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 27.89, 237.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.0609 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.089 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5940, 42.3617, 71.2534)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BB8D8 #D88B6B

analogous

#6BD8C2 #6BB8D8 #6B81D8

triadic

#6BB8D8 #D86BB8 #B8D86B

tetradic

#6BB8D8 #C26BD8 #D88B6B #81D86B

square

#6BB8D8 #C26BD8 #D88B6B #81D86B

split-complementary

#6BB8D8 #D86B81 #D8C26B

monochromatic

#2A7C9F #3BA1CB #6BB8D8 #9BCFE5 #CCE6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#6BB8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#6BB8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BB8D8

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BB8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BB8D8	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)

#A7B5DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CC1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bb8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 184, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.089 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccde4',
    500: '#6bb8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bb8d8;
$custom-light: #9ccde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bb8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.615,
    "s": 58.289,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7449,
    "c": 0.08904,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BB8D8

secondary

#E3C7BC

accent

#5020C6

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F9FB

border

#CDD2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BB8D8

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

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