#6CB6ED#6CB6ED

#6CB6ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.109 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB6ED
RGB	rgb(108, 182, 237)
HSL	hsl(206, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(206, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 23.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -7.71, -34.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 35.30, 257.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0506 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.109 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1928, 42.7552, 86.3442)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB6ED #EDA36C

analogous

#6CEDE3 #6CB6ED #6C76ED

triadic

#6CB6ED #ED6CB6 #B6ED6C

tetradic

#6CB6ED #E36CED #EDA36C #76ED6C

square

#6CB6ED #E36CED #EDA36C #76ED6C

split-complementary

#6CB6ED #ED6C76 #EDE36C

monochromatic

#187CC6 #359BE6 #6CB6ED #A3D1F4 #D9ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#6CB6ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#6CB6ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB6ED

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB6ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB6ED	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03C3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb6ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 182, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.109 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecbf3',
    500: '#6cb6ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb6ed;
$custom-light: #9ecbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb6ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.581,
    "s": 78.182,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74976,
    "c": 0.10883,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB6ED

secondary

#EED7C6

accent

#630BDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB6ED

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

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