#6BB9DE#6BB9DE

#6BB9DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.094 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BB9DE
RGB	rgb(107, 185, 222)
HSL	hsl(199, 64%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(199, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 16.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -13.93, -25.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 29.44, 241.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.0598 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.094 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5923, 43.0946, 75.4828)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BB9DE #DE906B

analogous

#6BDEC9 #6BB9DE #6B80DE

triadic

#6BB9DE #DE6BB9 #B9DE6B

tetradic

#6BB9DE #C96BDE #DE906B #80DE6B

square

#6BB9DE #C96BDE #DE906B #80DE6B

split-complementary

#6BB9DE #DE6B80 #DEC96B

monochromatic

#267FA9 #39A1D3 #6BB9DE #9DD1E9 #CFE8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#6BB9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#6BB9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BB9DE

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BB9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BB9DE	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B7E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23C3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bb9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 185, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.094 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcee8',
    500: '#6bb9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bb9de;
$custom-light: #9dcee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bb9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.304,
    "s": 63.536,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74958,
    "c": 0.09367,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BB9DE

secondary

#E6CBBF

accent

#531ACB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FC

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BB9DE

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

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