#6CB4E4#6CB4E4

#6CB4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.100 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB4E4
RGB	rgb(108, 180, 228)
HSL	hsl(204, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(204, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 21.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -9.30, -30.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 32.33, 253.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0513 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.1 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5041, 41.4291, 79.4567)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB4E4 #E49C6C

analogous

#6CE4D8 #6CB4E4 #6C78E4

triadic

#6CB4E4 #E46CB4 #B4E46C

tetradic

#6CB4E4 #D86CE4 #E49C6C #78E46C

square

#6CB4E4 #D86CE4 #E49C6C #78E46C

split-complementary

#6CB4E4 #E46C78 #E4D86C

monochromatic

#217AB4 #389ADB #6CB4E4 #A0CEED #D3E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#6CB4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#6CB4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB4E4

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB4E4	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB3E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 180, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.100 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcaec',
    500: '#6cb4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb4e4;
$custom-light: #9dcaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 68.966,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74137,
    "c": 0.10048,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB4E4

secondary

#EAD2C2

accent

#6015D1

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB4E4

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

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