#6C8BC9#6C8BC9

#6C8BC9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.100 H 263.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C8BC9
RGB	rgb(108, 139, 201)
HSL	hsl(220, 46%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(220, 46%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 30.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.91, 5.80, -35.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.91, 35.97, 279.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% -0.0114 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.1 263.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9562, 25.8688, 58.8725)
Luminance	0.2587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C8BC9 #C9AA6C

analogous

#6CB9C9 #6C8BC9 #7B6CC9

triadic

#6C8BC9 #C96C8B #8BC96C

tetradic

#6C8BC9 #C96CB9 #C9AA6C #6CC97B

square

#6C8BC9 #C96CB9 #C9AA6C #6CC97B

split-complementary

#6C8BC9 #C97B6C #B9C96C

monochromatic

#324F88 #4369B5 #6C8BC9 #99AED9 #C6D2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#6C8BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#6C8BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6C8BC9

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C8BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6C8BC9	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7490CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A87C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4898A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c8bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 139, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.100 263.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9aacd9',
    500: '#6c8bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c8bc9;
$custom-light: #9aacd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c8bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 46.269,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63897,
    "c": 0.10018,
    "h": 263.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C8BC9

secondary

#DACEB7

accent

#8A2CB9

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F2F4FA

border

#CCCED3

text

#0E1014

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C8BC9

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

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