#6BB8DD#6BB8DD

#6BB8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.093 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BB8DD
RGB	rgb(107, 184, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(199, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, -13.69, -25.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 29.28, 242.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0591 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.093 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2502, 42.6242, 74.7096)
Luminance	0.4263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BB8DD #DD906B

analogous

#6BDDC9 #6BB8DD #6B7FDD

triadic

#6BB8DD #DD6BB8 #B8DD6B

tetradic

#6BB8DD #C96BDD #DD906B #7FDD6B

square

#6BB8DD #C96BDD #DD906B #7FDD6B

split-complementary

#6BB8DD #DD6B7F #DDC96B

monochromatic

#267DA7 #39A0D2 #6BB8DD #9DD0E8 #CFE8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#6BB8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#6BB8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BB8DD

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BB8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BB8DD	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bb8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 184, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.093 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccde7',
    500: '#6bb8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bb8dd;
$custom-light: #9ccde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bb8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.474,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74692,
    "c": 0.09305,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BB8DD

secondary

#E6CBBE

accent

#541BCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FC

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BB8DD

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

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