#6CB2E9#6CB2E9

#6CB2E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.107 H 243.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB2E9
RGB	rgb(108, 178, 233)
HSL	hsl(206, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(206, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 23.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -6.73, -34.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 34.91, 258.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0474 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.107 243.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8074, 40.9091, 83.0316)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB2E9 #E9A36C

analogous

#6CE9E1 #6CB2E9 #6C74E9

triadic

#6CB2E9 #E96CB2 #B2E96C

tetradic

#6CB2E9 #E16CE9 #E9A36C #74E96C

square

#6CB2E9 #E16CE9 #E9A36C #74E96C

split-complementary

#6CB2E9 #E96C74 #E9E16C

monochromatic

#1C77BE #3796E1 #6CB2E9 #A1CEF1 #D6EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#6CB2E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#6CB2E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB2E9

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB2E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB2E9	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB3EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17BFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb2e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 178, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.107 243.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec8f0',
    500: '#6cb2e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb2e9;
$custom-light: #9ec8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb2e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.4,
    "s": 73.964,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73915,
    "c": 0.10691,
    "h": 243.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB2E9

secondary

#ECD6C4

accent

#670FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB2E9

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

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