#6CB4E5#6CB4E5

#6CB4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.102 H 239.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB4E5
RGB	rgb(108, 180, 229)
HSL	hsl(204, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(204, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 21.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -9.00, -31.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 32.71, 254.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.051 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.102 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6433, 41.4848, 80.1899)
Luminance	0.4149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB4E5 #E59D6C

analogous

#6CE5DA #6CB4E5 #6C77E5

triadic

#6CB4E5 #E56CB4 #B4E56C

tetradic

#6CB4E5 #DA6CE5 #E59D6C #77E56C

square

#6CB4E5 #DA6CE5 #E59D6C #77E56C

split-complementary

#6CB4E5 #E56C77 #E5DA6C

monochromatic

#207AB6 #3899DC #6CB4E5 #A0CFEE #D4E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#6CB4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#6CB4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB4E5

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB4E5	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EC0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 180, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.102 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecaed',
    500: '#6cb4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb4e5;
$custom-light: #9ecaed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.298,
    "s": 69.942,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74181,
    "c": 0.10151,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB4E5

secondary

#EAD3C3

accent

#6114D2

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB4E5

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

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