#6CB5CF#6CB5CF

#6CB5CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.082 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB5CF
RGB	rgb(108, 181, 207)
HSL	hsl(196, 51%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 48%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 12.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -15.84, -20.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 25.68, 231.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.06 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.082 223)
XYZ	xyz(33.9665, 40.7382, 65.0927)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB5CF #CF866C

analogous

#6CCFB8 #6CB5CF #6C84CF

triadic

#6CB5CF #CF6CB5 #B5CF6C

tetradic

#6CB5CF #B86CCF #CF866C #84CF6C

square

#6CB5CF #B86CCF #CF866C #84CF6C

split-complementary

#6CB5CF #CF6C84 #CFB86C

monochromatic

#2F7891 #3E9DBF #6CB5CF #9ACCDE #C8E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#6CB5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#6CB5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB5CF

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB5CF	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A6CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 181, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.082 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccbdd',
    500: '#6cb5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb5cf;
$custom-light: #9ccbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.758,
    "s": 50.769,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73499,
    "c": 0.08201,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.40741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB5CF

secondary

#DEC3B9

accent

#4F27BE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB5CF

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

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