#6C8CB2#6C8CB2

#6C8CB2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.068 H 253.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C8CB2
RGB	rgb(108, 140, 178)
HSL	hsl(213, 31%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(213, 39%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 21.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.23, -1.40, -23.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.23, 23.55, 266.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% -0.0198 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.068 253.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.5957, 25.1574, 45.7234)
Luminance	0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C8CB2 #B2926C

analogous

#6CAFB2 #6C8CB2 #6F6CB2

triadic

#6C8CB2 #B26C8C #8CB26C

tetradic

#6C8CB2 #B26CAF #B2926C #6CB26F

square

#6C8CB2 #B26CAF #B2926C #6CB26F

split-complementary

#6C8CB2 #B26F6C #AFB26C

monochromatic

#38506B #4D6D94 #6C8CB2 #94ABC7 #BCCBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#6C8CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#6C8CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6C8CB2

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C8CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6C8CB2	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)

#7E8DB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7586B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#549499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c8cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 140, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.068 253.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98adc9',
    500: '#6c8cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c8cb2;
$custom-light: #98adc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c8cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.571,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63045,
    "c": 0.06807,
    "h": 253.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C8CB2

secondary

#CBBEAE

accent

#9860C7

background

#F9FAFC

surface

#F2F4F8

border

#CCCED1

text

#0E1013

muted

#7E7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C8CB2

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

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