#6CB8DA#6CB8DA

#6CB8DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.090 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB8DA
RGB	rgb(108, 184, 218)
HSL	hsl(199, 60%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(199, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 15.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -14.33, -24.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 28.25, 239.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.0594 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.09 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9750, 42.5281, 72.6290)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB8DA #DA8E6C

analogous

#6CDAC5 #6CB8DA #6C81DA

triadic

#6CB8DA #DA6CB8 #B8DA6C

tetradic

#6CB8DA #C56CDA #DA8E6C #81DA6C

square

#6CB8DA #C56CDA #DA8E6C #81DA6C

split-complementary

#6CB8DA #DA6C81 #DAC56C

monochromatic

#297DA3 #3BA0CE #6CB8DA #9DD0E6 #CEE7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#6CB8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#6CB8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB8DA

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB8DA	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B5DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DC2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 184, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.090 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcde5',
    500: '#6cb8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb8da;
$custom-light: #9dcde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.545,
    "s": 59.783,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74616,
    "c": 0.08993,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB8DA

secondary

#E4CABE

accent

#521EC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FC

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB8DA

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

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