#6CB4E0#6CB4E0

#6CB4E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.096 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB4E0
RGB	rgb(108, 180, 224)
HSL	hsl(203, 65%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(203, 52%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 19.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -10.47, -29.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 30.85, 250.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.0527 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.096 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9552, 41.2095, 76.5661)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB4E0 #E0986C

analogous

#6CE0D2 #6CB4E0 #6C7AE0

triadic

#6CB4E0 #E06CB4 #B4E06C

tetradic

#6CB4E0 #D26CE0 #E0986C #7AE06C

square

#6CB4E0 #D26CE0 #E0986C #7AE06C

split-complementary

#6CB4E0 #E06C7A #E0D26C

monochromatic

#2579AD #399AD5 #6CB4E0 #9FCEEB #D1E8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#6CB4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#6CB4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB4E0

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB4E0	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B3E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A7DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 180, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.096 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcae9',
    500: '#6cb4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb4e0;
$custom-light: #9dcae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.759,
    "s": 65.169,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73965,
    "c": 0.09648,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB4E0

secondary

#E8CFC0

accent

#5D18CD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB4E0

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

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