#6CB9CE#6CB9CE

#6CB9CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.082 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB9CE
RGB	rgb(108, 185, 206)
HSL	hsl(193, 50%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(193, 48%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, -18.20, -17.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 25.59, 224.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.0651 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.082 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6697, 42.3395, 64.7259)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB9CE #CE816C

analogous

#6CCEB2 #6CB9CE #6C88CE

triadic

#6CB9CE #CE6CB9 #B9CE6C

tetradic

#6CB9CE #B26CCE #CE816C #88CE6C

square

#6CB9CE #B26CCE #CE816C #88CE6C

split-complementary

#6CB9CE #CE6C88 #CEB26C

monochromatic

#307B90 #3FA3BE #6CB9CE #9ACFDD #C8E5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#6CB9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#6CB9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB9CE

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB9CE	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 185, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.082 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccedd',
    500: '#6cb9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb9ce;
$custom-light: #9ccedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.857,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74375,
    "c": 0.08184,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB9CE

secondary

#DDC0B9

accent

#4828BD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB9CE

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

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