#6CB9EE#6CB9EE

#6CB9EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.108 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB9EE
RGB	rgb(108, 185, 238)
HSL	hsl(204, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(204, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 22.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -9.04, -33.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 34.83, 254.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.0536 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.108 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.9603, 44.0558, 87.3228)
Luminance	0.4406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB9EE #EEA16C

analogous

#6CEEE2 #6CB9EE #6C78EE

triadic

#6CB9EE #EE6CB9 #B9EE6C

tetradic

#6CB9EE #E26CEE #EEA16C #78EE6C

square

#6CB9EE #E26CEE #EEA16C #78EE6C

split-complementary

#6CB9EE #EE6C78 #EEE26C

monochromatic

#1780C8 #359FE8 #6CB9EE #A3D3F4 #DAEDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#6CB9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#6CB9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB9EE

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB9EE	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B9F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90ABED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 185, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.108 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcef3',
    500: '#6cb9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb9ee;
$custom-light: #9fcef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.462,
    "s": 79.268,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75683,
    "c": 0.1082,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB9EE

secondary

#EFD7C7

accent

#5F0ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB9EE

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

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