#6CB9DD#6CB9DD

#6CB9DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.092 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB9DD
RGB	rgb(108, 185, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(199, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 16.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -14.00, -25.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 28.99, 241.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.0594 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.092 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5796, 43.1035, 74.7848)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB9DD #DD906C

analogous

#6CDDC9 #6CB9DD #6C81DD

triadic

#6CB9DD #DD6CB9 #B9DD6C

tetradic

#6CB9DD #C96CDD #DD906C #81DD6C

square

#6CB9DD #C96CDD #DD906C #81DD6C

split-complementary

#6CB9DD #DD6C81 #DDC96C

monochromatic

#277FA8 #3AA1D2 #6CB9DD #9ED1E8 #CFE8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#6CB9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#6CB9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB9DD

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB9DD	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29C3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 185, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.092 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcee7',
    500: '#6cb9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb9dd;
$custom-light: #9dcee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.115,
    "s": 62.431,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74963,
    "c": 0.09219,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB9DD

secondary

#E6CBBF

accent

#531BCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB9DD

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

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