#6BB9CD#6BB9CD

#6BB9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.082 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BB9CD
RGB	rgb(107, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(192, 49%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(192, 48%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -18.70, -17.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 25.65, 223.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0662 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.082 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4277, 42.2287, 64.0825)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BB9CD #CD7F6B

analogous

#6BCDB0 #6BB9CD #6B88CD

triadic

#6BB9CD #CD6BB9 #B9CD6B

tetradic

#6BB9CD #B06BCD #CD7F6B #88CD6B

square

#6BB9CD #B06BCD #CD7F6B #88CD6B

split-complementary

#6BB9CD #CD6B88 #CDB06B

monochromatic

#307B8E #3FA2BB #6BB9CD #99CFDC #C6E4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#6BB9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#6BB9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BB9CD

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BB9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BB9CD	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37C0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bb9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.082 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bcedc',
    500: '#6bb9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bb9cd;
$custom-light: #9bcedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bb9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.245,
    "s": 49.495,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74292,
    "c": 0.08206,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BB9CD

secondary

#DCBFB8

accent

#4729BD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BB9CD

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

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