#6DB5CD#6DB5CD

#6DB5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.080 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB5CD
RGB	rgb(109, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -16.15, -19.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 25.06, 229.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.06 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.08 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8459, 40.7041, 63.8189)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB5CD #CD856D

analogous

#6DCDB5 #6DB5CD #6D85CD

triadic

#6DB5CD #CD6DB5 #B5CD6D

tetradic

#6DB5CD #B56DCD #CD856D #85CD6D

square

#6DB5CD #B56DCD #CD856D #85CD6D

split-complementary

#6DB5CD #CD6D85 #CDB56D

monochromatic

#31778F #409DBC #6DB5CD #9BCCDD #C8E3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#6DB5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#6DB5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB5CD

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB5CD	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DBDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.080 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccbdc',
    500: '#6db5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db5cd;
$custom-light: #9ccbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 48.98,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7347,
    "c": 0.07998,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB5CD

secondary

#DDC2B9

accent

#4E29BC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB5CD

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

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