#6CB4D6#6CB4D6

#6CB4D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.087 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB4D6
RGB	rgb(108, 180, 214)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(199, 50%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 15.9%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -13.34, -24.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 27.56, 241.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0562 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.087 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6388, 40.6829, 69.6325)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB4D6 #D68E6C

analogous

#6CD6C3 #6CB4D6 #6C7FD6

triadic

#6CB4D6 #D66CB4 #B4D66C

tetradic

#6CB4D6 #C36CD6 #D68E6C #7FD66C

square

#6CB4D6 #C36CD6 #D68E6C #7FD66C

split-complementary

#6CB4D6 #D66C7F #D6C36C

monochromatic

#2C789C #3C9CC9 #6CB4D6 #9CCCE3 #CCE5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#6CB4D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#6CB4D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB4D6

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB4D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB4D6	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B2D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A6D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb4d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 180, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.087 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccae2',
    500: '#6cb4d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb4d6;
$custom-light: #9ccae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb4d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.245,
    "s": 56.383,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7355,
    "c": 0.08739,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB4D6

secondary

#E2C8BC

accent

#5622C4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FB

border

#CDD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB4D6

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

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