#6C8BB9#6C8BB9

#6C8BB9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.078 H 258.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C8BB9
RGB	rgb(108, 139, 185)
HSL	hsl(216, 35%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(216, 42%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 24.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.23, 1.15, -27.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.23, 27.53, 272.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% -0.0161 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.078 258.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1711, 25.1548, 49.4713)
Luminance	0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C8BB9 #B99A6C

analogous

#6CB2B9 #6C8BB9 #736CB9

triadic

#6C8BB9 #B96C8B #8BB96C

tetradic

#6C8BB9 #B96CB2 #B99A6C #6CB973

square

#6C8BB9 #B96CB2 #B99A6C #6CB973

split-complementary

#6C8BB9 #B9736C #B2B96C

monochromatic

#374F74 #4B6C9D #6C8BB9 #95ACCD #BFCCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#6C8BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#6C8BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6C8BB9

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C8BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6C8BB9	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8DBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7186B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51959B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c8bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 139, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.078 258.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99acce',
    500: '#6c8bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c8bb9;
$custom-light: #99acce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c8bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.844,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63135,
    "c": 0.0782,
    "h": 258.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C8BB9

secondary

#D0C3B1

accent

#9F5CCC

background

#F9FAFC

surface

#F2F4F9

border

#CCCED2

text

#0E1013

muted

#7E7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C8BB9

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

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