#6DB1CD#6DB1CD

#6DB1CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.080 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB1CD
RGB	rgb(109, 177, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 13.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -14.04, -20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 25.17, 236.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.0553 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.08 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0443, 39.1008, 63.5517)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB1CD #CD896D

analogous

#6DCDB9 #6DB1CD #6D81CD

triadic

#6DB1CD #CD6DB1 #B1CD6D

tetradic

#6DB1CD #B96DCD #CD896D #81CD6D

square

#6DB1CD #B96DCD #CD896D #81CD6D

split-complementary

#6DB1CD #CD6D81 #CDB96D

monochromatic

#31738F #4098BC #6DB1CD #9BC9DD #C8E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#6DB1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#6DB1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB1CD

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB1CD	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FB9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 177, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.080 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc8dc',
    500: '#6db1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db1cd;
$custom-light: #9cc8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 48.98,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72559,
    "c": 0.07995,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB1CD

secondary

#DDC3B9

accent

#5429BC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB1CD

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

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