#6CB4E3#6CB4E3

#6CB4E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.099 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB4E3
RGB	rgb(108, 180, 227)
HSL	hsl(204, 68%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(204, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 20.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, -9.59, -30.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 31.95, 252.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0517 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.099 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3657, 41.3737, 78.7277)
Luminance	0.4138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB4E3 #E39B6C

analogous

#6CE3D6 #6CB4E3 #6C78E3

triadic

#6CB4E3 #E36CB4 #B4E36C

tetradic

#6CB4E3 #D66CE3 #E39B6C #78E36C

square

#6CB4E3 #D66CE3 #E39B6C #78E36C

split-complementary

#6CB4E3 #E36C78 #E3D66C

monochromatic

#2279B3 #399AD9 #6CB4E3 #9FCEED #D3E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#6CB4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#6CB4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB4E3

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB4E3	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB3E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA7E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 180, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.099 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcaec',
    500: '#6cb4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb4e3;
$custom-light: #9dcaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.697,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74094,
    "c": 0.09946,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB4E3

secondary

#E9D1C2

accent

#5F16D0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB4E3

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

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