#6BB9DC#6BB9DC

#6BB9DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.092 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BB9DC
RGB	rgb(107, 185, 220)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(199, 51%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 15.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -14.51, -24.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 28.87, 239.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0606 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.092 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3258, 42.9880, 74.0795)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BB9DC #DC8E6B

analogous

#6BDCC7 #6BB9DC #6B81DC

triadic

#6BB9DC #DC6BB9 #B9DC6B

tetradic

#6BB9DC #C76BDC #DC8E6B #81DC6B

square

#6BB9DC #C76BDC #DC8E6B #81DC6B

split-complementary

#6BB9DC #DC6B81 #DCC76B

monochromatic

#277EA5 #3AA2D0 #6BB9DC #9CD0E8 #CEE8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#6BB9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#6BB9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BB9DC

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BB9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BB9DC	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bb9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 185, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.092 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccee7',
    500: '#6bb9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bb9dc;
$custom-light: #9ccee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bb9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.584,
    "s": 61.749,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74877,
    "c": 0.09203,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BB9DC

secondary

#E5CABE

accent

#521CC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FC

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BB9DC

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

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