#6CB4CE#6CB4CE

#6CB4CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.081 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB4CE
RGB	rgb(108, 180, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 50%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 48%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 12.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -15.59, -20.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 25.48, 232.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0592 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.081 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6421, 40.2843, 64.3834)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB4CE #CE866C

analogous

#6CCEB7 #6CB4CE #6C83CE

triadic

#6CB4CE #CE6CB4 #B4CE6C

tetradic

#6CB4CE #B76CCE #CE866C #83CE6C

square

#6CB4CE #B76CCE #CE866C #83CE6C

split-complementary

#6CB4CE #CE6C83 #CEB76C

monochromatic

#307690 #3F9CBE #6CB4CE #9ACBDD #C8E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#6CB4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#6CB4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB4CE

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB4CE	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3ABCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 180, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.081 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccadd',
    500: '#6cb4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb4ce;
$custom-light: #9ccadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.918,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73233,
    "c": 0.08132,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB4CE

secondary

#DDC2B9

accent

#5028BD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB4CE

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

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