#6DB2E6#6DB2E6

#6DB2E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.103 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB2E6
RGB	rgb(109, 178, 230)
HSL	hsl(206, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(206, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 22.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -7.40, -32.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 33.56, 257.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0476 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.103 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5048, 40.8022, 80.7995)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB2E6 #E6A16D

analogous

#6DE6DD #6DB2E6 #6D76E6

triadic

#6DB2E6 #E66DB2 #B2E66D

tetradic

#6DB2E6 #DD6DE6 #E6A16D #76E66D

square

#6DB2E6 #DD6DE6 #E6A16D #76E66D

split-complementary

#6DB2E6 #E66D76 #E6DD6D

monochromatic

#2077B9 #3996DD #6DB2E6 #A1CEEF #D6E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#6DB2E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#6DB2E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB2E6

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB2E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB2E6	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB2E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA6E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22BFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db2e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 178, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.103 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec8ee',
    500: '#6db2e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db2e6;
$custom-light: #9ec8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db2e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.785,
    "s": 70.76,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73828,
    "c": 0.10308,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB2E6

secondary

#EBD5C4

accent

#6513D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB2E6

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

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