#6CB8EE#6CB8EE

#6CB8EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.109 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB8EE
RGB	rgb(108, 184, 238)
HSL	hsl(205, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(205, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 22.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -8.50, -34.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 35.11, 256.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.0525 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.109 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7518, 43.6388, 87.2533)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB8EE #EEA26C

analogous

#6CEEE3 #6CB8EE #6C77EE

triadic

#6CB8EE #EE6CB8 #B8EE6C

tetradic

#6CB8EE #E36CEE #EEA26C #77EE6C

square

#6CB8EE #E36CEE #EEA26C #77EE6C

split-complementary

#6CB8EE #EE6C77 #EEE36C

monochromatic

#177FC8 #359EE8 #6CB8EE #A3D2F4 #DAEDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#6CB8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#6CB8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB8EE

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB8EE	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FABED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 184, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.109 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcdf3',
    500: '#6cb8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb8ee;
$custom-light: #9fcdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.923,
    "s": 79.268,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75462,
    "c": 0.10874,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB8EE

secondary

#EFD8C7

accent

#610ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB8EE

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

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