#6CB5DC#6CB5DC

#6CB5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.092 H 233.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB5DC
RGB	rgb(108, 181, 220)
HSL	hsl(201, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(201, 51%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 17.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, -12.16, -26.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 29.27, 245.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0552 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.092 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6218, 41.4003, 73.8102)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB5DC #DC936C

analogous

#6CDCCB #6CB5DC #6C7DDC

triadic

#6CB5DC #DC6CB5 #B5DC6C

tetradic

#6CB5DC #CB6CDC #DC936C #7DDC6C

square

#6CB5DC #CB6CDC #DC936C #7DDC6C

split-complementary

#6CB5DC #DC6C7D #DCCB6C

monochromatic

#287AA6 #3B9CD0 #6CB5DC #9DCEE8 #CFE7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#6CB5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#6CB5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB5DC

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB5DC	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CBFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 181, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.092 233.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcbe7',
    500: '#6cb5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb5dc;
$custom-light: #9dcbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.893,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74021,
    "c": 0.09236,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB5DC

secondary

#E5CCBE

accent

#581CC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FC

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB5DC

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

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