#6DB2E1#6DB2E1

#6DB2E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.098 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB2E1
RGB	rgb(109, 178, 225)
HSL	hsl(204, 66%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 52%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 20.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -8.87, -30.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 31.57, 253.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0493 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.098 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8128, 40.5253, 77.1545)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB2E1 #E19C6D

analogous

#6DE1D6 #6DB2E1 #6D78E1

triadic

#6DB2E1 #E16DB2 #B2E16D

tetradic

#6DB2E1 #D66DE1 #E19C6D #78E16D

square

#6DB2E1 #D66DE1 #E19C6D #78E16D

split-complementary

#6DB2E1 #E16D78 #E1D66D

monochromatic

#2477B0 #3A97D7 #6DB2E1 #A0CDEB #D3E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#6DB2E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#6DB2E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB2E1

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB2E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB2E1	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB1E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA5E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2ABEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db2e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 178, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.098 239.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec9ea',
    500: '#6db2e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db2e1;
$custom-light: #9ec9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db2e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.31,
    "s": 65.909,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7361,
    "c": 0.0978,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB2E1

secondary

#E8D1C1

accent

#6118CE

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB2E1

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

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