#6DB5E7#6DB5E7

#6DB5E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.102 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB5E7
RGB	rgb(109, 181, 231)
HSL	hsl(205, 72%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(205, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 21.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -8.74, -31.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 33.09, 254.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0507 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.102 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2491, 42.0654, 81.7423)
Luminance	0.4207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB5E7 #E79F6D

analogous

#6DE7DC #6DB5E7 #6D78E7

triadic

#6DB5E7 #E76DB5 #B5E76D

tetradic

#6DB5E7 #DC6DE7 #E79F6D #78E76D

square

#6DB5E7 #DC6DE7 #E79F6D #78E76D

split-complementary

#6DB5E7 #E76D78 #E7DC6D

monochromatic

#1F7BBB #389ADE #6DB5E7 #A2D0F0 #D6EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#6DB5E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#6DB5E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB5E7

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB5E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB5E7	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB5E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA8E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FC1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 181, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.102 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecbee',
    500: '#6db5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db5e7;
$custom-light: #9ecbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.59,
    "s": 71.765,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74536,
    "c": 0.10249,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB5E7

secondary

#ECD4C4

accent

#6112D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB5E7

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

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