#6DB0C8#6DB0C8

#6DB0C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.076 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB0C8
RGB	rgb(109, 176, 200)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 46%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 12%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -14.89, -18.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 24.01, 231.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.056 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.076 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2536, 38.4696, 60.3581)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB0C8 #C8856D

analogous

#6DC8B2 #6DB0C8 #6D82C8

triadic

#6DB0C8 #C86DB0 #B0C86D

tetradic

#6DB0C8 #B26DC8 #C8856D #82C86D

square

#6DB0C8 #B26DC8 #C8856D #82C86D

split-complementary

#6DB0C8 #C86D82 #C8B26D

monochromatic

#337188 #4496B4 #6DB0C8 #99C8D9 #C6E0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#6DB0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#6DB0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB0C8

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB0C8	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ADC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43B8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 176, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.076 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc7d8',
    500: '#6db0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db0c8;
$custom-light: #9cc7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.824,
    "s": 45.274,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72136,
    "c": 0.0764,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB0C8

secondary

#DAC0B7

accent

#522DB8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB0C8

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

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