#6CB9EC#6CB9EC

#6CB9EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.106 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB9EC
RGB	rgb(108, 185, 236)
HSL	hsl(204, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(204, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 21.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -9.63, -32.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 34.06, 253.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.0542 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.106 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6681, 43.9389, 85.7839)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB9EC #EC9F6C

analogous

#6CECDF #6CB9EC #6C79EC

triadic

#6CB9EC #EC6CB9 #B9EC6C

tetradic

#6CB9EC #DF6CEC #EC9F6C #79EC6C

square

#6CB9EC #DF6CEC #EC9F6C #79EC6C

split-complementary

#6CB9EC #EC6C79 #ECDF6C

monochromatic

#1980C4 #369FE5 #6CB9EC #A2D3F3 #D8EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#6CB9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#6CB9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB9EC

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB9EC	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ABEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04C6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 185, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.106 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecef2',
    500: '#6cb9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb9ec;
$custom-light: #9ecef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.906,
    "s": 77.108,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75595,
    "c": 0.10614,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB9EC

secondary

#EED6C6

accent

#5E0CD9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB9EC

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

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