#6BB9DD#6BB9DD

#6BB9DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.093 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BB9DD
RGB	rgb(107, 185, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(199, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 16.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -14.22, -25.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 29.15, 240.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.0602 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.093 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4587, 43.0411, 74.7791)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BB9DD #DD8F6B

analogous

#6BDDC8 #6BB9DD #6B80DD

triadic

#6BB9DD #DD6BB9 #B9DD6B

tetradic

#6BB9DD #C86BDD #DD8F6B #80DD6B

square

#6BB9DD #C86BDD #DD8F6B #80DD6B

split-complementary

#6BB9DD #DD6B80 #DDC86B

monochromatic

#267FA7 #39A1D2 #6BB9DD #9DD1E8 #CFE8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#6BB9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#6BB9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BB9DD

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BB9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BB9DD	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25C3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bb9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 185, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.093 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcee7',
    500: '#6bb9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bb9dd;
$custom-light: #9dcee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bb9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.947,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74918,
    "c": 0.09284,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BB9DD

secondary

#E6CBBE

accent

#521BCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FC

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BB9DD

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

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