#6CB5EF#6CB5EF

#6CB5EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.112 H 244.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB5EF
RGB	rgb(108, 181, 239)
HSL	hsl(207, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(207, 55%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 24.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, -6.57, -35.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 36.44, 259.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0488 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.112 244.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2825, 42.4646, 87.8237)
Luminance	0.4247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB5EF #EFA66C

analogous

#6CEFE8 #6CB5EF #6C73EF

triadic

#6CB5EF #EF6CB5 #B5EF6C

tetradic

#6CB5EF #E86CEF #EFA66C #73EF6C

square

#6CB5EF #E86CEF #EFA66C #73EF6C

split-complementary

#6CB5EF #EF6C73 #EFE86C

monochromatic

#167BCB #3599E9 #6CB5EF #A3D1F5 #DAEDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#6CB5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#6CB5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB5EF

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB5EF	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB6F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA8EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 181, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.112 244.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcbf4',
    500: '#6cb5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb5ef;
$custom-light: #9fcbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.565,
    "s": 80.368,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74846,
    "c": 0.11162,
    "h": 244.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB5EF

secondary

#EFD9C7

accent

#6709DD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB5EF

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

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