#6CB3E2#6CB3E2

#6CB3E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.099 H 239.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB3E2
RGB	rgb(108, 179, 226)
HSL	hsl(204, 67%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 20.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -9.34, -30.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 31.83, 252.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0509 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.099 239)
XYZ	xyz(36.0269, 40.9164, 77.9359)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB3E2 #E29B6C

analogous

#6CE2D6 #6CB3E2 #6C78E2

triadic

#6CB3E2 #E26CB3 #B3E26C

tetradic

#6CB3E2 #D66CE2 #E29B6C #78E26C

square

#6CB3E2 #D66CE2 #E29B6C #78E26C

split-complementary

#6CB3E2 #E26C78 #E2D66C

monochromatic

#2378B1 #3999D8 #6CB3E2 #9FCDEC #D2E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#6CB3E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#6CB3E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB3E2

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB3E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB3E2	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)

#9EB2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA6E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb3e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 179, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.099 239.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc9eb',
    500: '#6cb3e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb3e2;
$custom-light: #9dc9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb3e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.898,
    "s": 67.045,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73828,
    "c": 0.09893,
    "h": 239
  },
  "luminance": 0.40919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB3E2

secondary

#E9D1C1

accent

#6017CF

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB3E2

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

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