#6CB6DD#6CB6DD

#6CB6DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.093 H 232.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB6DD
RGB	rgb(108, 182, 221)
HSL	hsl(201, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(201, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 17.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -12.41, -26.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 29.43, 245.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.056 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.093 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9586, 41.8615, 74.5778)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB6DD #DD936C

analogous

#6CDDCC #6CB6DD #6C7EDD

triadic

#6CB6DD #DD6CB6 #B6DD6C

tetradic

#6CB6DD #CC6CDD #DD936C #7EDD6C

square

#6CB6DD #CC6CDD #DD936C #7EDD6C

split-complementary

#6CB6DD #DD6C7E #DDCC6C

monochromatic

#277BA8 #3A9DD2 #6CB6DD #9ECFE8 #CFE7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#6CB6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#6CB6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB6DD

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB6DD	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AC1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 182, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.093 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcbe7',
    500: '#6cb6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb6dd;
$custom-light: #9dcbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.708,
    "s": 62.431,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74287,
    "c": 0.09295,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB6DD

secondary

#E6CCBF

accent

#581BCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FC

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB6DD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →