#6CBDDD#6CBDDD

#6CBDDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.092 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CBDDD
RGB	rgb(108, 189, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -16.10, -23.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 28.61, 235.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.064 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.092 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4282, 44.8006, 75.0676)
Luminance	0.4480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CBDDD #DD8C6C

analogous

#6CDDC5 #6CBDDD #6C85DD

triadic

#6CBDDD #DD6CBD #BDDD6C

tetradic

#6CBDDD #C56CDD #DD8C6C #85DD6C

square

#6CBDDD #C56CDD #DD8C6C #85DD6C

split-complementary

#6CBDDD #DD6C85 #DDC56C

monochromatic

#2783A8 #3AA7D2 #6CBDDD #9ED3E8 #CFEAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#6CBDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#6CBDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CBDDD

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CBDDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CBDDD	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BADDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cbddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 189, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.092 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dd1e7',
    500: '#6cbddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cbddd;
$custom-light: #9dd1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cbddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.991,
    "s": 62.431,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75866,
    "c": 0.09161,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CBDDD

secondary

#E6CABF

accent

#4D1BCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CBDDD

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

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