#6CB9CD#6CB9CD

#6CB9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.081 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB9CD
RGB	rgb(108, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(192, 49%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(192, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -18.47, -17.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 25.44, 223.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.0654 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.081 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5486, 42.2911, 64.0882)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB9CD #CD806C

analogous

#6CCDB1 #6CB9CD #6C89CD

triadic

#6CB9CD #CD6CB9 #B9CD6C

tetradic

#6CB9CD #B16CCD #CD806C #89CD6C

square

#6CB9CD #B16CCD #CD806C #89CD6C

split-complementary

#6CB9CD #CD6C89 #CDB16C

monochromatic

#307B8E #40A2BC #6CB9CD #9ACFDD #C7E4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#6CB9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#6CB9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB9CD

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB9CD	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AC0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.081 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccedc',
    500: '#6cb9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb9cd;
$custom-light: #9ccedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.371,
    "s": 49.239,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74338,
    "c": 0.08132,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB9CD

secondary

#DDC0B8

accent

#4729BD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB9CD

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

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