#6CB3CE#6CB3CE

#6CB3CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.081 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB3CE
RGB	rgb(108, 179, 206)
HSL	hsl(197, 50%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 48%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 13.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -15.06, -20.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 25.51, 233.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.058 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.081 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4409, 39.8820, 64.3163)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB3CE #CE876C

analogous

#6CCEB8 #6CB3CE #6C82CE

triadic

#6CB3CE #CE6CB3 #B3CE6C

tetradic

#6CB3CE #B86CCE #CE876C #82CE6C

square

#6CB3CE #B86CCE #CE876C #82CE6C

split-complementary

#6CB3CE #CE6C82 #CEB86C

monochromatic

#307590 #3F9BBE #6CB3CE #9ACBDD #C8E2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#6CB3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#6CB3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB3CE

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB3CE	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BBBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 179, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.081 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc9dd',
    500: '#6cb3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb3ce;
$custom-light: #9cc9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.531,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73005,
    "c": 0.08132,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB3CE

secondary

#DDC3B9

accent

#5128BD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB3CE

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

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