#6DB4CD#6DB4CD

#6DB4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.080 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB4CD
RGB	rgb(109, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, -15.63, -19.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 25.06, 231.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0588 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.08 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6433, 40.2989, 63.7514)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB4CD #CD866D

analogous

#6DCDB6 #6DB4CD #6D84CD

triadic

#6DB4CD #CD6DB4 #B4CD6D

tetradic

#6DB4CD #B66DCD #CD866D #84CD6D

square

#6DB4CD #B66DCD #CD866D #84CD6D

split-complementary

#6DB4CD #CD6D84 #CDB66D

monochromatic

#31768F #409CBC #6DB4CD #9BCBDD #C8E3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#6DB4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#6DB4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB4CD

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB4CD	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EBCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.080 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccadc',
    500: '#6db4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db4cd;
$custom-light: #9ccadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.625,
    "s": 48.98,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73242,
    "c": 0.07992,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB4CD

secondary

#DDC2B9

accent

#5029BC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB4CD

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

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