#6CB5CC#6CB5CC

#6CB5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.080 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB5CC
RGB	rgb(108, 181, 204)
HSL	hsl(194, 48%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(194, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -16.66, -18.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 25.07, 228.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.0612 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.08 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6033, 40.5929, 63.1795)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB5CC #CC836C

analogous

#6CCCB3 #6CB5CC #6C85CC

triadic

#6CB5CC #CC6CB5 #B5CC6C

tetradic

#6CB5CC #B36CCC #CC836C #85CC6C

square

#6CB5CC #B36CCC #CC836C #85CC6C

split-complementary

#6CB5CC #CC6C85 #CCB36C

monochromatic

#31778D #419DBA #6CB5CC #99CCDC #C7E3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#6CB5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#6CB5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB5CC

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB5CC	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CBDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 181, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.080 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccbdb',
    500: '#6cb5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb5cc;
$custom-light: #9ccbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.375,
    "s": 48.485,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73384,
    "c": 0.0801,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB5CC

secondary

#DCC1B8

accent

#4D2ABC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB5CC

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

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