#6DB1D6#6DB1D6

#6DB1D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.087 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB1D6
RGB	rgb(109, 177, 214)
HSL	hsl(201, 56%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 49%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 17.3%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -11.51, -25.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 27.84, 245.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.052 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.087 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1620, 39.5479, 69.4386)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB1D6 #D6926D

analogous

#6DD6C6 #6DB1D6 #6D7CD6

triadic

#6DB1D6 #D66DB1 #B1D66D

tetradic

#6DB1D6 #C66DD6 #D6926D #7CD66D

square

#6DB1D6 #C66DD6 #D6926D #7CD66D

split-complementary

#6DB1D6 #D66D7C #D6C66D

monochromatic

#2C759D #3D97C9 #6DB1D6 #9DCBE3 #CDE4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#6DB1D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#6DB1D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB1D6

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB1D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB1D6	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FAFD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A4D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37BBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db1d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 177, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.087 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc8e2',
    500: '#6db1d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db1d6;
$custom-light: #9dc8e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db1d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.143,
    "s": 56.15,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72921,
    "c": 0.08747,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB1D6

secondary

#E2CABD

accent

#5B22C4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FB

border

#CDD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB1D6

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

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