#6CB5ED#6CB5ED

#6CB5ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.109 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB5ED
RGB	rgb(108, 181, 237)
HSL	hsl(206, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(206, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 23.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -7.17, -34.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 35.61, 258.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.0495 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.109 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9887, 42.3471, 86.2762)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB5ED #EDA46C

analogous

#6CEDE5 #6CB5ED #6C74ED

triadic

#6CB5ED #ED6CB5 #B5ED6C

tetradic

#6CB5ED #E56CED #EDA46C #74ED6C

square

#6CB5ED #E56CED #EDA46C #74ED6C

split-complementary

#6CB5ED #ED6C74 #EDE56C

monochromatic

#187BC6 #359AE6 #6CB5ED #A3D0F4 #D9ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#6CB5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#6CB5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB5ED

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB5ED	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA8EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 181, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.109 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecbf3',
    500: '#6cb5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb5ed;
$custom-light: #9ecbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.047,
    "s": 78.182,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74755,
    "c": 0.10943,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB5ED

secondary

#EED8C6

accent

#650BDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB5ED

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

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