#6CB4E9#6CB4E9

#6CB4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.106 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB4E9
RGB	rgb(108, 180, 233)
HSL	hsl(205, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(205, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 22.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, -7.82, -33.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 34.29, 256.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0497 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.106 242)
XYZ	xyz(37.2082, 41.7107, 83.1652)
Luminance	0.4171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB4E9 #E9A16C

analogous

#6CE9DF #6CB4E9 #6C76E9

triadic

#6CB4E9 #E96CB4 #B4E96C

tetradic

#6CB4E9 #DF6CE9 #E9A16C #76E96C

square

#6CB4E9 #DF6CE9 #E9A16C #76E96C

split-complementary

#6CB4E9 #E96C76 #E9DF6C

monochromatic

#1C7ABE #3799E1 #6CB4E9 #A1CFF1 #D6EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#6CB4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#6CB4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB4E9

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB4E9	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA7E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 180, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.106 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecaf0',
    500: '#6cb4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb4e9;
$custom-light: #9ecaf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.44,
    "s": 73.964,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74356,
    "c": 0.10572,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.41714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB4E9

secondary

#ECD5C4

accent

#640FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB4E9

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

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