#6CB0C8#6CB0C8

#6CB0C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.077 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB0C8
RGB	rgb(108, 176, 200)
HSL	hsl(196, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 46%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 12%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -15.13, -18.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 24.22, 231.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.0568 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.077 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1312, 38.4065, 60.3524)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB0C8 #C8846C

analogous

#6CC8B2 #6CB0C8 #6C82C8

triadic

#6CB0C8 #C86CB0 #B0C86C

tetradic

#6CB0C8 #B26CC8 #C8846C #82C86C

square

#6CB0C8 #B26CC8 #C8846C #82C86C

split-complementary

#6CB0C8 #C86C82 #C8B26C

monochromatic

#337187 #4396B4 #6CB0C8 #99C8D9 #C5E0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#6CB0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#6CB0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB0C8

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB0C8	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ADC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40B8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 176, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.077 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bc7d8',
    500: '#6cb0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb0c8;
$custom-light: #9bc7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 45.545,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72087,
    "c": 0.07714,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB0C8

secondary

#D9BFB6

accent

#512DB9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB0C8

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

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