#6CB5CD#6CB5CD

#6CB5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.081 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB5CD
RGB	rgb(108, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 49%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(195, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -16.39, -19.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 25.26, 229.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.0608 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.081 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7236, 40.6410, 63.8132)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB5CD #CD846C

analogous

#6CCDB5 #6CB5CD #6C85CD

triadic

#6CB5CD #CD6CB5 #B5CD6C

tetradic

#6CB5CD #B56CCD #CD846C #85CD6C

square

#6CB5CD #B56CCD #CD846C #85CD6C

split-complementary

#6CB5CD #CD6C85 #CDB56C

monochromatic

#30778E #409DBC #6CB5CD #9ACCDD #C7E3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#6CB5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#6CB5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB5CD

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB5CD	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BBDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.081 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccbdc',
    500: '#6cb5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb5cd;
$custom-light: #9ccbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.845,
    "s": 49.239,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73422,
    "c": 0.08071,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB5CD

secondary

#DDC1B8

accent

#4D29BD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB5CD

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

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