#6DB5CE#6DB5CE

#6DB5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.081 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB5CE
RGB	rgb(109, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(195, 50%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 47%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -15.88, -19.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 25.26, 231.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0596 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.081 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9670, 40.7526, 64.4566)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB5CE #CE866D

analogous

#6DCEB7 #6DB5CE #6D85CE

triadic

#6DB5CE #CE6DB5 #B5CE6D

tetradic

#6DB5CE #B76DCE #CE866D #85CE6D

square

#6DB5CE #B76DCE #CE866D #85CE6D

split-complementary

#6DB5CE #CE6D85 #CEB76D

monochromatic

#307890 #409DBE #6DB5CE #9BCCDD #C9E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#6DB5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#6DB5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB5CE

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB5CE	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DBDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.081 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccbdd',
    500: '#6db5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db5ce;
$custom-light: #9ccbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.464,
    "s": 49.744,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73508,
    "c": 0.08063,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB5CE

secondary

#DDC3B9

accent

#4F28BD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB5CE

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

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