#6CB4E2#6CB4E2

#6CB4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.098 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB4E2
RGB	rgb(108, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(203, 67%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(203, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -9.88, -29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 31.58, 251.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.052 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.098 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2281, 41.3187, 78.0029)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB4E2 #E29A6C

analogous

#6CE2D5 #6CB4E2 #6C79E2

triadic

#6CB4E2 #E26CB4 #B4E26C

tetradic

#6CB4E2 #D56CE2 #E29A6C #79E26C

square

#6CB4E2 #D56CE2 #E29A6C #79E26C

split-complementary

#6CB4E2 #E26C79 #E2D56C

monochromatic

#2379B1 #399AD8 #6CB4E2 #9FCEEC #D2E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#6CB4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#6CB4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB4E2

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB4E2	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB3E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA7E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.098 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcaeb',
    500: '#6cb4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb4e2;
$custom-light: #9dcaeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.39,
    "s": 67.045,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74051,
    "c": 0.09846,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB4E2

secondary

#E9D1C1

accent

#5E17CF

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB4E2

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

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