#6D99B9#6D99B9

#6D99B9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.068 H 240.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D99B9
RGB	rgb(109, 153, 185)
HSL	hsl(205, 35%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(205, 41%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 17.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.25, -6.53, -21.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.25, 22.29, 252.96°)
OKLab	oklab(66.32% -0.0332 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(66.32% 0.068 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4519, 29.5348, 50.1965)
Luminance	0.2954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D99B9 #B98D6D

analogous

#6DB9B3 #6D99B9 #6D73B9

triadic

#6D99B9 #B96D99 #99B96D

tetradic

#6D99B9 #B36DB9 #B98D6D #73B96D

square

#6D99B9 #B36DB9 #B98D6D #73B96D

split-complementary

#6D99B9 #B96D73 #B9B36D

monochromatic

#385B74 #4B7B9D #6D99B9 #96B6CD #C0D3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#6D99B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#6D99B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6D99B9

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D99B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6D99B9	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B98BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8190B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d99b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 153, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.068 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ab7ce',
    500: '#6d99b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d99b9;
$custom-light: #9ab7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d99b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.263,
    "s": 35.185,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66317,
    "c": 0.06761,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D99B9

secondary

#D0BEB2

accent

#8B5DCB

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F6F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0E1113

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D99B9

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

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