#6DB5E4#6DB5E4

#6DB5E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.099 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB5E4
RGB	rgb(109, 181, 228)
HSL	hsl(204, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(204, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 20.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, -9.62, -30.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 31.94, 252.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0517 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.099 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8290, 41.8974, 79.5300)
Luminance	0.4190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB5E4 #E49C6D

analogous

#6DE4D7 #6DB5E4 #6D79E4

triadic

#6DB5E4 #E46DB5 #B5E46D

tetradic

#6DB5E4 #D76DE4 #E49C6D #79E46D

square

#6DB5E4 #D76DE4 #E49C6D #79E46D

split-complementary

#6DB5E4 #E46D79 #E4D76D

monochromatic

#217BB5 #399BDA #6DB5E4 #A1CFEE #D4E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#6DB5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#6DB5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB5E4

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB5E4	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B4E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A8E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 181, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.099 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecbec',
    500: '#6db5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db5e4;
$custom-light: #9ecbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.697,
    "s": 68.786,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74406,
    "c": 0.0994,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB5E4

secondary

#EAD2C3

accent

#5F15D1

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB5E4

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

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