#6CB6E6#6CB6E6

#6CB6E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.102 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB6E6
RGB	rgb(108, 182, 230)
HSL	hsl(204, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(204, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 20.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -9.79, -31.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 32.57, 252.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.0529 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.102 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1900, 42.3541, 81.0629)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB6E6 #E69C6C

analogous

#6CE6D9 #6CB6E6 #6C79E6

triadic

#6CB6E6 #E66CB6 #B6E66C

tetradic

#6CB6E6 #D96CE6 #E69C6C #79E66C

square

#6CB6E6 #D96CE6 #E69C6C #79E66C

split-complementary

#6CB6E6 #E66C79 #E6D96C

monochromatic

#1F7CB8 #389CDD #6CB6E6 #A0D0EF #D5EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#6CB6E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#6CB6E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB6E6

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB6E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB6E6	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)

#A0B5E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BC2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb6e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 182, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.102 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecbee',
    500: '#6cb6e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb6e6;
$custom-light: #9ecbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb6e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.607,
    "s": 70.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74668,
    "c": 0.10154,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB6E6

secondary

#EBD3C3

accent

#5E13D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB6E6

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

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