#6CB8D8#6CB8D8

#6CB8D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.088 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB8D8
RGB	rgb(108, 184, 216)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(198, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 14.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -14.89, -23.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 27.71, 237.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0601 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.088 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7149, 42.4241, 71.2590)
Luminance	0.4243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB8D8 #D88C6C

analogous

#6CD8C2 #6CB8D8 #6C82D8

triadic

#6CB8D8 #D86CB8 #B8D86C

tetradic

#6CB8D8 #C26CD8 #D88C6C #82D86C

square

#6CB8D8 #C26CD8 #D88C6C #82D86C

split-complementary

#6CB8D8 #D86C82 #D8C26C

monochromatic

#2A7D9F #3CA1CB #6CB8D8 #9CCFE5 #CDE7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#6CB8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#6CB8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB8D8

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB8D8	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B5DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FC1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 184, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.088 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcde4',
    500: '#6cb8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb8d8;
$custom-light: #9dcde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.778,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74535,
    "c": 0.08836,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB8D8

secondary

#E3C8BD

accent

#5120C6

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F9FB

border

#CDD2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB8D8

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

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