#6CB5EE#6CB5EE

#6CB5EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.111 H 243.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB5EE
RGB	rgb(108, 181, 238)
HSL	hsl(206, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(206, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 23.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -6.87, -35.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 36.02, 259.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.0492 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.111 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1352, 42.4057, 87.0478)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB5EE #EEA56C

analogous

#6CEEE6 #6CB5EE #6C74EE

triadic

#6CB5EE #EE6CB5 #B5EE6C

tetradic

#6CB5EE #E66CEE #EEA56C #74EE6C

square

#6CB5EE #E66CEE #EEA56C #74EE6C

split-complementary

#6CB5EE #EE6C74 #EEE66C

monochromatic

#177BC8 #3599E8 #6CB5EE #A3D1F4 #DAECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#6CB5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#6CB5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB5EE

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB5EE	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 181, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.111 243.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcbf3',
    500: '#6cb5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb5ee;
$custom-light: #9fcbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.308,
    "s": 79.268,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.748,
    "c": 0.11052,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB5EE

secondary

#EFD8C7

accent

#660ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB5EE

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

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