#6CB8CD#6CB8CD

#6CB8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.081 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB8CD
RGB	rgb(108, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 49%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(193, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -17.95, -17.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 25.37, 224.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0643 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.081 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3402, 41.8742, 64.0187)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB8CD #CD816C

analogous

#6CCDB2 #6CB8CD #6C88CD

triadic

#6CB8CD #CD6CB8 #B8CD6C

tetradic

#6CB8CD #B26CCD #CD816C #88CD6C

square

#6CB8CD #B26CCD #CD816C #88CD6C

split-complementary

#6CB8CD #CD6C88 #CDB26C

monochromatic

#307A8E #40A1BC #6CB8CD #9ACEDD #C7E4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#6CB8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#6CB8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB8CD

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB8CD	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AC0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.081 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccddc',
    500: '#6cb8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb8cd;
$custom-light: #9ccddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.99,
    "s": 49.239,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74109,
    "c": 0.08111,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB8CD

secondary

#DDC0B8

accent

#4929BD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB8CD

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

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