#6CB3E7#6CB3E7

#6CB3E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.104 H 241.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB3E7
RGB	rgb(108, 179, 231)
HSL	hsl(205, 72%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(205, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 22.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, -7.87, -32.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 33.78, 256.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.0492 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.104 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7230, 41.1948, 81.6020)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB3E7 #E7A06C

analogous

#6CE7DE #6CB3E7 #6C76E7

triadic

#6CB3E7 #E76CB3 #B3E76C

tetradic

#6CB3E7 #DE6CE7 #E7A06C #76E76C

square

#6CB3E7 #DE6CE7 #E7A06C #76E76C

split-complementary

#6CB3E7 #E76C76 #E7DE6C

monochromatic

#1E78BA #3798DE #6CB3E7 #A1CEF0 #D5E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#6CB3E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#6CB3E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB3E7

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB3E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB3E7	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB3E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA6E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BC0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb3e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 179, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.104 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec9ee',
    500: '#6cb3e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb3e7;
$custom-light: #9ec9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb3e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.366,
    "s": 71.93,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74047,
    "c": 0.10415,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB3E7

secondary

#EBD4C3

accent

#6412D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB3E7

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

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