#6CB3CD#6CB3CD

#6CB3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.081 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB3CD
RGB	rgb(108, 179, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 49%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -15.34, -20.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 25.28, 232.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0584 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.081 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3198, 39.8335, 63.6786)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB3CD #CD866C

analogous

#6CCDB7 #6CB3CD #6C83CD

triadic

#6CB3CD #CD6CB3 #B3CD6C

tetradic

#6CB3CD #B76CCD #CD866C #83CD6C

square

#6CB3CD #B76CCD #CD866C #83CD6C

split-complementary

#6CB3CD #CD6C83 #CDB76C

monochromatic

#30758E #409BBC #6CB3CD #9ACBDD #C7E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#6CB3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#6CB3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB3CD

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB3CD	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CBBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 179, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.081 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc9dc',
    500: '#6cb3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb3cd;
$custom-light: #9cc9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.082,
    "s": 49.239,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72966,
    "c": 0.08062,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB3CD

secondary

#DDC2B8

accent

#5129BD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB3CD

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

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