#6CB9DA#6CB9DA

#6CB9DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.090 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB9DA
RGB	rgb(108, 185, 218)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(198, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 15.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -14.85, -23.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 28.15, 238.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% -0.0605 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.09 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1835, 42.9450, 72.6985)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB9DA #DA8D6C

analogous

#6CDAC4 #6CB9DA #6C82DA

triadic

#6CB9DA #DA6CB9 #B9DA6C

tetradic

#6CB9DA #C46CDA #DA8D6C #82DA6C

square

#6CB9DA #C46CDA #DA8D6C #82DA6C

split-complementary

#6CB9DA #DA6C82 #DAC46C

monochromatic

#297EA3 #3BA2CE #6CB9DA #9DD0E6 #CEE8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#6CB9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#6CB9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB9DA

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB9DA	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B6DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CC3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 185, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.090 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcee5',
    500: '#6cb9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb9da;
$custom-light: #9dcee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 59.783,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74842,
    "c": 0.08978,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB9DA

secondary

#E4C9BE

accent

#511EC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FC

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB9DA

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

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