#6CB4E1#6CB4E1

#6CB4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.097 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB4E1
RGB	rgb(108, 180, 225)
HSL	hsl(203, 66%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(203, 52%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 20%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, -10.17, -29.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 31.21, 250.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0523 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.097 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0913, 41.2639, 77.2824)
Luminance	0.4127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB4E1 #E1996C

analogous

#6CE1D4 #6CB4E1 #6C79E1

triadic

#6CB4E1 #E16CB4 #B4E16C

tetradic

#6CB4E1 #D46CE1 #E1996C #79E16C

square

#6CB4E1 #D46CE1 #E1996C #79E16C

split-complementary

#6CB4E1 #E16C79 #E1D46C

monochromatic

#2479AF #399AD7 #6CB4E1 #9FCEEB #D2E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#6CB4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#6CB4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB4E1

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB4E1	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB3E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA7E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 180, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.097 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcaea',
    500: '#6cb4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb4e1;
$custom-light: #9dcaea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74008,
    "c": 0.09746,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB4E1

secondary

#E8D0C1

accent

#5E18CE

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB4E1

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

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