#6CB5DD#6CB5DD

#6CB5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.093 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB5DD
RGB	rgb(108, 181, 221)
HSL	hsl(201, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(201, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 18.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -11.87, -27.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 29.60, 246.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.0549 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.093 234)
XYZ	xyz(35.7546, 41.4534, 74.5097)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB5DD #DD946C

analogous

#6CDDCD #6CB5DD #6C7DDD

triadic

#6CB5DD #DD6CB5 #B5DD6C

tetradic

#6CB5DD #CD6CDD #DD946C #7DDD6C

square

#6CB5DD #CD6CDD #DD946C #7DDD6C

split-complementary

#6CB5DD #DD6C7D #DDCD6C

monochromatic

#277AA8 #3A9CD2 #6CB5DD #9ECEE8 #CFE7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#6CB5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#6CB5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB5DD

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB5DD	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AC0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 181, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.093 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcbe7',
    500: '#6cb5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb5dd;
$custom-light: #9dcbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.239,
    "s": 62.431,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74063,
    "c": 0.09327,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.41456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB5DD

secondary

#E6CDBF

accent

#591BCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FC

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB5DD

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

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