#6CB4C8#6CB4C8

#6CB4C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.078 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB4C8
RGB	rgb(108, 180, 200)
HSL	hsl(193, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 46%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 10%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -17.24, -17.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 24.33, 224.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0615 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.078 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9271, 39.9983, 60.6177)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB4C8 #C8806C

analogous

#6CC8AE #6CB4C8 #6C86C8

triadic

#6CB4C8 #C86CB4 #B4C86C

tetradic

#6CB4C8 #AE6CC8 #C8806C #86C86C

square

#6CB4C8 #AE6CC8 #C8806C #86C86C

split-complementary

#6CB4C8 #C86C86 #C8AE6C

monochromatic

#337587 #439BB4 #6CB4C8 #99CBD9 #C5E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#6CB4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#6CB4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB4C8

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB4C8	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B0C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FBBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 180, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.078 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bcad8',
    500: '#6cb4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb4c8;
$custom-light: #9bcad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.043,
    "s": 45.545,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73003,
    "c": 0.07765,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB4C8

secondary

#D9BEB6

accent

#4B2DB9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB4C8

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

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