#6CBDE5#6CBDE5

#6CBDE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.098 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CBDE5
RGB	rgb(108, 189, 229)
HSL	hsl(200, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(200, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 17.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, -13.81, -27.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 30.82, 243.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.0611 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.098 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5195, 45.2372, 80.8153)
Luminance	0.4524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CBDE5 #E5946C

analogous

#6CE5D0 #6CBDE5 #6C80E5

triadic

#6CBDE5 #E56CBD #BDE56C

tetradic

#6CBDE5 #D06CE5 #E5946C #80E56C

square

#6CBDE5 #D06CE5 #E5946C #80E56C

split-complementary

#6CBDE5 #E56C80 #E5D06C

monochromatic

#2085B6 #38A6DC #6CBDE5 #A0D4EE #D4ECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#6CBDE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#6CBDE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CBDE5

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CBDE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CBDE5	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BBE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AEE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cbde5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 189, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.098 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed0ed',
    500: '#6cbde5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cbde5;
$custom-light: #9ed0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cbde5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.835,
    "s": 69.942,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7619,
    "c": 0.09799,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CBDE5

secondary

#EAD0C3

accent

#5214D2

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CBDE5

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

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