#6CB4E6#6CB4E6

#6CB4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.103 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB4E6
RGB	rgb(108, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(205, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(205, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -8.71, -31.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 33.10, 254.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0507 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.103 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7833, 41.5408, 80.9274)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB4E6 #E69E6C

analogous

#6CE6DB #6CB4E6 #6C77E6

triadic

#6CB4E6 #E66CB4 #B4E66C

tetradic

#6CB4E6 #DB6CE6 #E69E6C #77E66C

square

#6CB4E6 #DB6CE6 #E69E6C #77E66C

split-complementary

#6CB4E6 #E66C77 #E6DB6C

monochromatic

#1F7AB8 #3899DD #6CB4E6 #A0CFEF #D5E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#6CB4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#6CB4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB4E6

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB4E6	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CC0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.103 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecaee',
    500: '#6cb4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb4e6;
$custom-light: #9ecaee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.59,
    "s": 70.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74224,
    "c": 0.10255,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB4E6

secondary

#EBD3C3

accent

#6113D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB4E6

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

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