#6C8CB5#6C8CB5

#6C8CB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.072 H 254.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C8CB5
RGB	rgb(108, 140, 181)
HSL	hsl(214, 33%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(214, 40%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 22.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.35, -0.56, -25.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.35, 25.05, 268.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% -0.0187 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.072 254.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9002, 25.2792, 47.3271)
Luminance	0.2528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C8CB5 #B5956C

analogous

#6CB1B5 #6C8CB5 #716CB5

triadic

#6C8CB5 #B56C8C #8CB56C

tetradic

#6C8CB5 #B56CB1 #B5956C #6CB571

square

#6C8CB5 #B56CB1 #B5956C #6CB571

split-complementary

#6C8CB5 #B5716C #B1B56C

monochromatic

#38506F #4C6D98 #6C8CB5 #95ACC9 #BDCCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#6C8CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#6C8CB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6C8CB5

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C8CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6C8CB5	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8EB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7486B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53959A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c8cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 140, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.072 254.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99adcb',
    500: '#6c8cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c8cb5;
$custom-light: #99adcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c8cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.699,
    "s": 33.032,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63177,
    "c": 0.07198,
    "h": 254.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C8CB5

secondary

#CDC0AF

accent

#9A5FC9

background

#F9FAFC

surface

#F2F4F8

border

#CCCED1

text

#0E1013

muted

#7E7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C8CB5

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

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