#6CB8CE#6CB8CE

#6CB8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.082 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB8CE
RGB	rgb(108, 184, 206)
HSL	hsl(193, 50%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(193, 48%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -17.68, -18.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 25.53, 226.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.0639 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.082 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4613, 41.9226, 64.6564)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB8CE #CE826C

analogous

#6CCEB3 #6CB8CE #6C87CE

triadic

#6CB8CE #CE6CB8 #B8CE6C

tetradic

#6CB8CE #B36CCE #CE826C #87CE6C

square

#6CB8CE #B36CCE #CE826C #87CE6C

split-complementary

#6CB8CE #CE6C87 #CEB36C

monochromatic

#307A90 #3FA1BE #6CB8CE #9ACEDD #C8E4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#6CB8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#6CB8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB8CE

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB8CE	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39C0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 184, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.082 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccddd',
    500: '#6cb8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb8ce;
$custom-light: #9ccddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.469,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74146,
    "c": 0.08167,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB8CE

secondary

#DDC1B9

accent

#4A28BD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB8CE

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

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