#6CB5CE#6CB5CE

#6CB5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.081 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#6CB5CE
RGBrgb(108, 181, 206)
HSLhsl(195, 50%, 62%)
HSVhsv(195, 48%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(47.6%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(69.96, -16.11, -19.72)
CIE-LCHlch(69.96, 25.47, 230.75°)
OKLaboklab(73.46% -0.0604 -0.0545)
OKLCHoklch(73.46% 0.081 222.1)
XYZxyz(33.8447, 40.6895, 64.4509)
Luminance0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#6CB5CE #CE856C
analogous
#6CCEB6 #6CB5CE #6C84CE
triadic
#6CB5CE #CE6CB5 #B5CE6C
tetradic
#6CB5CE #B66CCE #CE856C #84CE6C
square
#6CB5CE #B66CCE #CE856C #84CE6C
split-complementary
#6CB5CE #CE6C84 #CEB66C
monochromatic
#307790 #3F9DBE #6CB5CE #9ACCDD #C8E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30
#6CB5CE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14
#6CB5CE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB5CE
9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##6CB5CE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##6CB5CE1.002.309.149.14
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1421.001.001.00
##0000009.1421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A6B1CF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#98A6CE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#3ABDBD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #6cb5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.081 222.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccbdd',
    500: '#6cb5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #6cb5ce;
$custom-light: #9ccbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#6cb5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.306,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73461,
    "c": 0.08135,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#6CB5CE
secondary
#DDC2B9
accent
#4E28BD
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F2F8FB
border
#CCD1D4
text
#0F1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

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#6CB5CE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva