#6CB2E6#6CB2E6

#6CB2E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.104 H 242.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB2E6
RGB	rgb(108, 178, 230)
HSL	hsl(206, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(206, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 22.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -7.62, -32.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 33.68, 256.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.0484 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.104 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3825, 40.7391, 80.7937)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB2E6 #E6A06C

analogous

#6CE6DD #6CB2E6 #6C75E6

triadic

#6CB2E6 #E66CB2 #B2E66C

tetradic

#6CB2E6 #DD6CE6 #E6A06C #75E66C

square

#6CB2E6 #DD6CE6 #E6A06C #75E66C

split-complementary

#6CB2E6 #E66C75 #E6DD6C

monochromatic

#1F77B8 #3897DD #6CB2E6 #A0CDEF #D5E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#6CB2E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#6CB2E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB2E6

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB2E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB2E6	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB2E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA6E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EBFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb2e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 178, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.104 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec8ee',
    500: '#6cb2e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb2e6;
$custom-light: #9ec8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb2e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.574,
    "s": 70.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73781,
    "c": 0.10365,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB2E6

secondary

#EBD4C3

accent

#6513D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB2E6

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

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