#6CB9CC#6CB9CC

#6CB9CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.081 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB9CC
RGB	rgb(108, 185, 204)
HSL	hsl(192, 48%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(192, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 9.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -18.74, -16.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 25.30, 222.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.0658 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.081 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4283, 42.2430, 63.4545)
Luminance	0.4225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB9CC #CC7F6C

analogous

#6CCCAF #6CB9CC #6C89CC

triadic

#6CB9CC #CC6CB9 #B9CC6C

tetradic

#6CB9CC #AF6CCC #CC7F6C #89CC6C

square

#6CB9CC #AF6CCC #CC7F6C #89CC6C

split-complementary

#6CB9CC #CC6C89 #CCAF6C

monochromatic

#317B8D #41A2BA #6CB9CC #99CFDC #C7E4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#6CB9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#6CB9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB9CC

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB9CC	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BC0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 185, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.081 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccedb',
    500: '#6cb9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb9cc;
$custom-light: #9ccedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.875,
    "s": 48.485,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.743,
    "c": 0.08082,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB9CC

secondary

#DCBFB8

accent

#472ABC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB9CC

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

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