#6CB4E7#6CB4E7

#6CB4E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.104 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB4E7
RGB	rgb(108, 180, 231)
HSL	hsl(205, 72%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(205, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -8.41, -32.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 33.49, 255.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0503 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.104 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9242, 41.5971, 81.6690)
Luminance	0.4160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB4E7 #E79F6C

analogous

#6CE7DD #6CB4E7 #6C77E7

triadic

#6CB4E7 #E76CB4 #B4E76C

tetradic

#6CB4E7 #DD6CE7 #E79F6C #77E76C

square

#6CB4E7 #DD6CE7 #E79F6C #77E76C

split-complementary

#6CB4E7 #E76C77 #E7DD6C

monochromatic

#1E7ABA #3799DE #6CB4E7 #A1CFF0 #D5EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#6CB4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#6CB4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB4E7

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB4E7	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA7E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AC1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 180, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.104 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecaee',
    500: '#6cb4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb4e7;
$custom-light: #9ecaee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.878,
    "s": 71.93,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74268,
    "c": 0.10359,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB4E7

secondary

#EBD4C3

accent

#6212D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB4E7

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

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