#6BB9E2#6BB9E2

#6BB9E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.097 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BB9E2
RGB	rgb(107, 185, 226)
HSL	hsl(201, 67%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(201, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 18.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -12.78, -27.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 30.68, 245.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.0584 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.097 233)
XYZ	xyz(37.1348, 43.3116, 78.3398)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BB9E2 #E2946B

analogous

#6BE2CF #6BB9E2 #6B7DE2

triadic

#6BB9E2 #E26BB9 #B9E26B

tetradic

#6BB9E2 #CF6BE2 #E2946B #7DE26B

square

#6BB9E2 #CF6BE2 #E2946B #7DE26B

split-complementary

#6BB9E2 #E26B7D #E2CF6B

monochromatic

#237FB0 #38A1D8 #6BB9E2 #9ED1EC #D1E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#6BB9E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#6BB9E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BB9E2

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BB9E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BB9E2	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B7E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AAE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CC4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bb9e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 185, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.097 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dceeb',
    500: '#6bb9e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bb9e2;
$custom-light: #9dceeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bb9e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.672,
    "s": 67.232,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75124,
    "c": 0.09714,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.43315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BB9E2

secondary

#E8CEC0

accent

#5616CF

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BB9E2

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

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