#6DB3CD#6DB3CD

#6DB3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.080 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB3CD
RGB	rgb(109, 179, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -15.10, -20.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 25.08, 232.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.0576 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.08 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4422, 39.8966, 63.6843)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB3CD #CD876D

analogous

#6DCDB7 #6DB3CD #6D83CD

triadic

#6DB3CD #CD6DB3 #B3CD6D

tetradic

#6DB3CD #B76DCD #CD876D #83CD6D

square

#6DB3CD #B76DCD #CD876D #83CD6D

split-complementary

#6DB3CD #CD6D83 #CDB76D

monochromatic

#31758F #409BBC #6DB3CD #9BCBDD #C8E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#6DB3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#6DB3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB3CD

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB3CD	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EBBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 179, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.080 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc9dc',
    500: '#6db3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db3cd;
$custom-light: #9cc9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.25,
    "s": 48.98,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73014,
    "c": 0.0799,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB3CD

secondary

#DDC3B9

accent

#5129BC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB3CD

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

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