#6CB5EC#6CB5EC

#6CB5EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.108 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB5EC
RGB	rgb(108, 181, 236)
HSL	hsl(206, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(206, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 23.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -7.47, -34.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 35.20, 257.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.0498 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.108 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8430, 42.2888, 85.5089)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB5EC #ECA36C

analogous

#6CECE3 #6CB5EC #6C75EC

triadic

#6CB5EC #EC6CB5 #B5EC6C

tetradic

#6CB5EC #E36CEC #ECA36C #75EC6C

square

#6CB5EC #E36CEC #ECA36C #75EC6C

split-complementary

#6CB5EC #EC6C75 #ECE36C

monochromatic

#197BC4 #369AE5 #6CB5EC #A2D0F3 #D8ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#6CB5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#6CB5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB5EC

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB5EC	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09C2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 181, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.108 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecbf2',
    500: '#6cb5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb5ec;
$custom-light: #9ecbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.781,
    "s": 77.108,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74711,
    "c": 0.10835,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB5EC

secondary

#EED7C6

accent

#640CD9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB5EC

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

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