#6CB8DB#6CB8DB

#6CB8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.091 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB8DB
RGB	rgb(108, 184, 219)
HSL	hsl(199, 61%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(199, 51%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 16%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, -14.04, -24.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 28.53, 240.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.059 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.091 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1063, 42.5806, 73.3203)
Luminance	0.4258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB8DB #DB8F6C

analogous

#6CDBC7 #6CB8DB #6C81DB

triadic

#6CB8DB #DB6CB8 #B8DB6C

tetradic

#6CB8DB #C76CDB #DB8F6C #81DB6C

square

#6CB8DB #C76CDB #DB8F6C #81DB6C

split-complementary

#6CB8DB #DB6C81 #DBC76C

monochromatic

#287DA4 #3BA0CF #6CB8DB #9DD0E7 #CEE7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#6CB8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#6CB8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB8DB

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB8DB	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B5DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A9DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CC2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 184, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.091 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcde6',
    500: '#6cb8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb8db;
$custom-light: #9dcde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.919,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74656,
    "c": 0.09075,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB8DB

secondary

#E5CABE

accent

#531DC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FC

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB8DB

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

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