#6CB3E9#6CB3E9

#6CB3E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.106 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB3E9
RGB	rgb(108, 179, 233)
HSL	hsl(206, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(206, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 23.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -7.27, -33.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 34.59, 257.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0486 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.106 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0071, 41.3084, 83.0981)
Luminance	0.4131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB3E9 #E9A26C

analogous

#6CE9E0 #6CB3E9 #6C75E9

triadic

#6CB3E9 #E96CB3 #B3E96C

tetradic

#6CB3E9 #E06CE9 #E9A26C #75E96C

square

#6CB3E9 #E06CE9 #E9A26C #75E96C

split-complementary

#6CB3E9 #E96C75 #E9E06C

monochromatic

#1C78BE #3797E1 #6CB3E9 #A1CFF1 #D6EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#6CB3E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#6CB3E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB3E9

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB3E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB3E9	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB3EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA6E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16C0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb3e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 179, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.106 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec9f0',
    500: '#6cb3e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb3e9;
$custom-light: #9ec9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb3e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.92,
    "s": 73.964,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74135,
    "c": 0.1063,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB3E9

secondary

#ECD6C4

accent

#650FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB3E9

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

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