#6BB9CB#6BB9CB

#6BB9CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.081 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BB9CB
RGB	rgb(107, 185, 203)
HSL	hsl(191, 48%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(191, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -19.25, -16.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 25.39, 220.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.067 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.081 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1878, 42.1328, 62.8192)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BB9CB #CB7D6B

analogous

#6BCBAD #6BB9CB #6B89CB

triadic

#6BB9CB #CB6BB9 #B9CB6B

tetradic

#6BB9CB #AD6BCB #CB7D6B #89CB6B

square

#6BB9CB #AD6BCB #CB7D6B #89CB6B

split-complementary

#6BB9CB #CB6B89 #CBAD6B

monochromatic

#317A8B #41A2B8 #6BB9CB #98CEDB #C6E4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#6BB9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#6BB9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BB9CB

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BB9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BB9CB	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB4CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bb9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 185, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.081 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bceda',
    500: '#6bb9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bb9cb;
$custom-light: #9bceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bb9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74217,
    "c": 0.08109,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BB9CB

secondary

#DBBEB7

accent

#452ABB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BB9CB

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

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