#6DB5CC#6DB5CC

#6DB5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.079 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB5CC
RGB	rgb(109, 181, 204)
HSL	hsl(195, 48%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(195, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.6%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -16.43, -18.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 24.86, 228.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0604 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.079 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7256, 40.6560, 63.1852)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB5CC #CC846D

analogous

#6DCCB4 #6DB5CC #6D86CC

triadic

#6DB5CC #CC6DB5 #B5CC6D

tetradic

#6DB5CC #B46DCC #CC846D #86CC6D

square

#6DB5CC #B46DCC #CC846D #86CC6D

split-complementary

#6DB5CC #CC6D86 #CCB46D

monochromatic

#31778D #419DBB #6DB5CC #9ACCDC #C8E3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#6DB5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#6DB5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB5CC

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB5CC	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EBDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 181, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.079 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccbdb',
    500: '#6db5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db5cc;
$custom-light: #9ccbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.526,
    "s": 48.223,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73431,
    "c": 0.07936,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB5CC

secondary

#DCC1B9

accent

#4D2ABC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB5CC

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

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