#6DB5E5#6DB5E5

#6DB5E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.100 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB5E5
RGB	rgb(109, 181, 229)
HSL	hsl(204, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(204, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 21%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -9.33, -30.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 32.32, 253.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0513 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.1 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9683, 41.9530, 80.2632)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB5E5 #E59D6D

analogous

#6DE5D9 #6DB5E5 #6D79E5

triadic

#6DB5E5 #E56DB5 #B5E56D

tetradic

#6DB5E5 #D96DE5 #E59D6D #79E56D

square

#6DB5E5 #D96DE5 #E59D6D #79E56D

split-complementary

#6DB5E5 #E56D79 #E5D96D

monochromatic

#217BB7 #399BDC #6DB5E5 #A1CFEE #D5EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#6DB5E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#6DB5E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB5E5

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB5E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB5E5	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db5e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 181, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.100 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecbed',
    500: '#6db5e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db5e5;
$custom-light: #9ecbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db5e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 69.767,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74449,
    "c": 0.10043,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB5E5

secondary

#EAD3C3

accent

#6014D2

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB5E5

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

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