#6CB9CA#6CB9CA

#6CB9CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.080 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB9CA
RGB	rgb(108, 185, 202)
HSL	hsl(191, 47%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(191, 47%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, -19.29, -16.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 25.06, 219.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0666 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.08 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1900, 42.1476, 62.1993)
Luminance	0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB9CA #CA7D6C

analogous

#6CCAAC #6CB9CA #6C8ACA

triadic

#6CB9CA #CA6CB9 #B9CA6C

tetradic

#6CB9CA #AC6CCA #CA7D6C #8ACA6C

square

#6CB9CA #AC6CCA #CA7D6C #8ACA6C

split-complementary

#6CB9CA #CA6C8A #CAAC6C

monochromatic

#327A8A #42A2B7 #6CB9CA #99CEDA #C6E4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#6CB9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#6CB9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB9CA

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB9CA	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB4CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CC0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 185, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.080 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cceda',
    500: '#6cb9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb9ca;
$custom-light: #9cceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.851,
    "s": 47,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74226,
    "c": 0.0799,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB9CA

secondary

#DBBEB7

accent

#452BBA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB9CA

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

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