#6CB8DC#6CB8DC

#6CB8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.092 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB8DC
RGB	rgb(108, 184, 220)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(199, 51%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 16.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -13.76, -25.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 28.82, 241.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.0587 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.092 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2383, 42.6334, 74.0157)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB8DC #DC906C

analogous

#6CDCC8 #6CB8DC #6C80DC

triadic

#6CB8DC #DC6CB8 #B8DC6C

tetradic

#6CB8DC #C86CDC #DC906C #80DC6C

square

#6CB8DC #C86CDC #DC906C #80DC6C

split-complementary

#6CB8DC #DC6C80 #DCC86C

monochromatic

#287DA6 #3BA0D0 #6CB8DC #9DD0E8 #CFE8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#6CB8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#6CB8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB8DC

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB8DC	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A9DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AC2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 184, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.092 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcde7',
    500: '#6cb8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb8dc;
$custom-light: #9dcde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.286,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74697,
    "c": 0.09157,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB8DC

secondary

#E5CBBE

accent

#541CC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FC

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB8DC

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

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