#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
RGB	rgb(108, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(195, 50%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 48%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -16.11, -19.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 25.47, 230.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0604 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.081 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8447, 40.6895, 64.4509)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##6CB5CE	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #6CB5CE

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

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