#6BC9EB#6BC9EB

#6BC9EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.101 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BC9EB
RGB	rgb(107, 201, 235)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, -18.54, -25.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 31.40, 233.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.09% -0.0728 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(79.09% 0.101 224)
XYZ	xyz(41.9397, 50.8934, 86.1944)
Luminance	0.5090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BC9EB #EB8D6B

analogous

#6BEBCD #6BC9EB #6B89EB

triadic

#6BC9EB #EB6BC9 #C9EB6B

tetradic

#6BC9EB #CD6BEB #EB8D6B #89EB6B

square

#6BC9EB #CD6BEB #EB8D6B #89EB6B

split-complementary

#6BC9EB #EB6B89 #EBCD6B

monochromatic

#1A95C1 #35B5E4 #6BC9EB #A1DDF2 #D7F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#6BC9EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#6BC9EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BC9EB

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BC9EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BC9EB	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C5ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bc9eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 201, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.101 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed9f1',
    500: '#6bc9eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bc9eb;
$custom-light: #9ed9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bc9eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.938,
    "s": 76.19,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79091,
    "c": 0.10126,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.50897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BC9EB

secondary

#C05E3A

accent

#430DD8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#0F1416

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BC9EB

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

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