#6CB9DB#6CB9DB

#6CB9DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.091 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB9DB
RGB	rgb(108, 185, 219)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(198, 51%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 15.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -14.57, -24.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 28.42, 239.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0602 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.091 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.3147, 42.9975, 73.3898)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB9DB #DB8E6C

analogous

#6CDBC6 #6CB9DB #6C82DB

triadic

#6CB9DB #DB6CB9 #B9DB6C

tetradic

#6CB9DB #C66CDB #DB8E6C #82DB6C

square

#6CB9DB #C66CDB #DB8E6C #82DB6C

split-complementary

#6CB9DB #DB6C82 #DBC66C

monochromatic

#287EA4 #3BA2CF #6CB9DB #9DD0E7 #CEE8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#6CB9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#6CB9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB9DB

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB9DB	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B6DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BC3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 185, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.091 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcee6',
    500: '#6cb9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb9db;
$custom-light: #9dcee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.378,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74882,
    "c": 0.09057,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB9DB

secondary

#E5CABE

accent

#521DC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FC

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB9DB

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

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