#6CB5CB#6CB5CB

#6CB5CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.080 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB5CB
RGB	rgb(108, 181, 203)
HSL	hsl(194, 48%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(194, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 10.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -16.94, -18.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 24.89, 227.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0615 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.08 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4837, 40.5451, 62.5498)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB5CB #CB826C

analogous

#6CCBB1 #6CB5CB #6C85CB

triadic

#6CB5CB #CB6CB5 #B5CB6C

tetradic

#6CB5CB #B16CCB #CB826C #85CB6C

square

#6CB5CB #B16CCB #CB826C #85CB6C

split-complementary

#6CB5CB #CB6C85 #CBB16C

monochromatic

#31768B #419DB9 #6CB5CB #99CCDB #C6E3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#6CB5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#6CB5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB5CB

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB5CB	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DBDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 181, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.080 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bcbda',
    500: '#6cb5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb5cb;
$custom-light: #9bcbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.895,
    "s": 47.739,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73346,
    "c": 0.0795,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB5CB

secondary

#DBC0B7

accent

#4C2ABB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0F1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB5CB

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

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