#6DB5D5#6DB5D5

#6DB5D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.086 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB5D5
RGB	rgb(109, 181, 213)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 49%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.8%, 15%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -13.93, -23.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 26.99, 238.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.057 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.086 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8364, 41.1003, 69.0353)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB5D5 #D58D6D

analogous

#6DD5C1 #6DB5D5 #6D81D5

triadic

#6DB5D5 #D56DB5 #B5D56D

tetradic

#6DB5D5 #C16DD5 #D58D6D #81D56D

square

#6DB5D5 #C16DD5 #D58D6D #81D56D

split-complementary

#6DB5D5 #D56D81 #D5C16D

monochromatic

#2D799B #3D9DC7 #6DB5D5 #9DCDE3 #CCE5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#6DB5D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#6DB5D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB5D5

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB5D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB5D5	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B2D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A7D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db5d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 181, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.086 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcbe2',
    500: '#6db5d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db5d5;
$custom-light: #9dcbe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db5d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 55.319,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73783,
    "c": 0.08573,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB5D5

secondary

#E2C8BC

accent

#5423C3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FB

border

#CDD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB5D5

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

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