#6CB9E2#6CB9E2

#6CB9E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.097 H 233.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB9E2
RGB	rgb(108, 185, 226)
HSL	hsl(201, 67%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(201, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 18.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, -12.56, -27.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 30.53, 245.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.0576 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.097 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2557, 43.3739, 78.3455)
Luminance	0.4338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB9E2 #E2956C

analogous

#6CE2D0 #6CB9E2 #6C7EE2

triadic

#6CB9E2 #E26CB9 #B9E26C

tetradic

#6CB9E2 #D06CE2 #E2956C #7EE26C

square

#6CB9E2 #D06CE2 #E2956C #7EE26C

split-complementary

#6CB9E2 #E26C7E #E2D06C

monochromatic

#237FB1 #39A1D8 #6CB9E2 #9FD1EC #D2EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#6CB9E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#6CB9E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB9E2

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB9E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB9E2	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B7E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AAE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb9e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 185, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.097 233.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dceeb',
    500: '#6cb9e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb9e2;
$custom-light: #9dceeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb9e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.847,
    "s": 67.045,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75169,
    "c": 0.09652,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB9E2

secondary

#E9CFC1

accent

#5717CF

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB9E2

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

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