#6CB5D8#6CB5D8

#6CB5D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.089 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#6CB5D8
RGBrgb(108, 181, 216)
HSLhsl(199, 58%, 64%)
HSVhsv(199, 50%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(50%, 16.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(70.31, -13.31, -24.67)
CIE-LCHlch(70.31, 28.03, 241.66°)
OKLaboklab(73.86% -0.0567 -0.0684)
OKLCHoklch(73.86% 0.089 230.4)
XYZxyz(35.0983, 41.1909, 71.0535)
Luminance0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#6CB5D8 #D88F6C
analogous
#6CD8C5 #6CB5D8 #6C7FD8
triadic
#6CB5D8 #D86CB5 #B5D86C
tetradic
#6CB5D8 #C56CD8 #D88F6C #7FD86C
square
#6CB5D8 #C56CD8 #D88F6C #7FD86C
split-complementary
#6CB5D8 #D86C7F #D8C56C
monochromatic
#2A799F #3C9DCB #6CB5D8 #9CCDE5 #CDE6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27
#6CB5D8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24
#6CB5D8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB5D8
9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##6CB5D8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##6CB5D81.002.279.249.24
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2421.001.001.00
##0000009.2421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A3B3DA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#94A7D8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#30BFC0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #6cb5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 181, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.089 230.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccbe4',
    500: '#6cb5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #6cb5d8;
$custom-light: #9ccbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#6cb5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.444,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73857,
    "c": 0.08886,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#6CB5D8
secondary
#E3C9BD
accent
#5620C6
background
#FAFCFD
surface
#F3F8FB
border
#CDD1D4
text
#0F1315
muted
#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB5D8

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#6CB5D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva