#6CB3E8#6CB3E8

#6CB3E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.105 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB3E8
RGB	rgb(108, 179, 232)
HSL	hsl(206, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(206, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 22.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -7.57, -33.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 34.19, 257.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0489 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.105 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8647, 41.2515, 82.3479)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB3E8 #E8A16C

analogous

#6CE8DF #6CB3E8 #6C75E8

triadic

#6CB3E8 #E86CB3 #B3E86C

tetradic

#6CB3E8 #DF6CE8 #E8A16C #75E86C

square

#6CB3E8 #DF6CE8 #E8A16C #75E86C

split-complementary

#6CB3E8 #E86C75 #E8DF6C

monochromatic

#1D78BC #3798E0 #6CB3E8 #A1CEF0 #D6EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#6CB3E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#6CB3E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB3E8

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB3E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB3E8	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB3EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA6E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18C0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb3e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 179, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.105 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec9ef',
    500: '#6cb3e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb3e8;
$custom-light: #9ec9ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb3e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.645,
    "s": 72.941,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74091,
    "c": 0.10521,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB3E8

secondary

#ECD5C4

accent

#6410D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB3E8

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

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