#6DB4E5#6DB4E5

#6DB4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.101 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB4E5
RGB	rgb(109, 180, 229)
HSL	hsl(205, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(205, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 21.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, -8.78, -31.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 32.59, 254.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0502 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.101 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7657, 41.5478, 80.1956)
Luminance	0.4155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB4E5 #E59E6D

analogous

#6DE5DA #6DB4E5 #6D78E5

triadic

#6DB4E5 #E56DB4 #B4E56D

tetradic

#6DB4E5 #DA6DE5 #E59E6D #78E56D

square

#6DB4E5 #DA6DE5 #E59E6D #78E56D

split-complementary

#6DB4E5 #E56D78 #E5DA6D

monochromatic

#217AB7 #3999DC #6DB4E5 #A1CFEE #D5E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#6DB4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#6DB4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB4E5

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB4E5	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 180, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.101 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecaed',
    500: '#6db4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db4e5;
$custom-light: #9ecaed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.5,
    "s": 69.767,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74227,
    "c": 0.10093,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB4E5

secondary

#EAD3C3

accent

#6114D2

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB4E5

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

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