#6BB9DB#6BB9DB

#6BB9DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.091 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BB9DB
RGB	rgb(107, 185, 219)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(198, 51%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 15.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -14.79, -24.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 28.59, 238.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% -0.0609 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.091 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1938, 42.9352, 73.3841)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BB9DB #DB8D6B

analogous

#6BDBC5 #6BB9DB #6B81DB

triadic

#6BB9DB #DB6BB9 #B9DB6B

tetradic

#6BB9DB #C56BDB #DB8D6B #81DB6B

square

#6BB9DB #C56BDB #DB8D6B #81DB6B

split-complementary

#6BB9DB #DB6B81 #DBC56B

monochromatic

#287EA4 #3AA2CF #6BB9DB #9CD0E7 #CDE8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#6BB9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#6BB9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BB9DB

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BB9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BB9DB	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B6DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bb9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 185, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.091 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccee6',
    500: '#6bb9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bb9db;
$custom-light: #9ccee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bb9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.214,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74837,
    "c": 0.09123,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BB9DB

secondary

#E5C9BD

accent

#511DC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FC

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BB9DB

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

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