#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
RGB	rgb(108, 181, 216)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(199, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 16.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, -13.31, -24.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 28.03, 241.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.0567 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.089 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0983, 41.1909, 71.0535)
Luminance	0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##6CB5D8	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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