#6CB6EE#6CB6EE

#6CB6EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.110 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB6EE
RGB	rgb(108, 182, 238)
HSL	hsl(206, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(206, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 23.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, -7.41, -34.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 35.71, 258.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0503 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.11 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3393, 42.8138, 87.1158)
Luminance	0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB6EE #EEA46C

analogous

#6CEEE5 #6CB6EE #6C75EE

triadic

#6CB6EE #EE6CB6 #B6EE6C

tetradic

#6CB6EE #E56CEE #EEA46C #75EE6C

square

#6CB6EE #E56CEE #EEA46C #75EE6C

split-complementary

#6CB6EE #EE6C75 #EEE56C

monochromatic

#177CC8 #359BE8 #6CB6EE #A3D1F4 #DAECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#6CB6EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#6CB6EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB6EE

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB6EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB6EE	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb6ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 182, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.110 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcbf3',
    500: '#6cb6ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb6ee;
$custom-light: #9fcbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb6ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.846,
    "s": 79.268,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75021,
    "c": 0.10991,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB6EE

secondary

#EFD8C7

accent

#640ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB6EE

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

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