#6CB3E4#6CB3E4

#6CB3E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.101 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB3E4
RGB	rgb(108, 179, 228)
HSL	hsl(205, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(205, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 21.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -8.75, -31.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 32.60, 254.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0502 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.101 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.3030, 41.0268, 79.3896)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB3E4 #E49D6C

analogous

#6CE4D9 #6CB3E4 #6C77E4

triadic

#6CB3E4 #E46CB3 #B3E46C

tetradic

#6CB3E4 #D96CE4 #E49D6C #77E46C

square

#6CB3E4 #D96CE4 #E49D6C #77E46C

split-complementary

#6CB3E4 #E46C77 #E4D96C

monochromatic

#2178B4 #3898DB #6CB3E4 #A0CEED #D3E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#6CB3E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#6CB3E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB3E4

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB3E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB3E4	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB3E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA6E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb3e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 179, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.101 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc9ec',
    500: '#6cb3e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb3e4;
$custom-light: #9dc9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb3e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.5,
    "s": 68.966,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73915,
    "c": 0.10099,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB3E4

secondary

#EAD2C2

accent

#6115D1

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB3E4

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

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