#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
RGBrgb(109, 181, 231)
HSLhsl(205, 72%, 67%)
HSVhsv(205, 53%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(52.8%, 21.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LABlab(70.92, -8.74, -31.92)
CIE-LCHlch(70.92, 33.09, 254.69°)
OKLaboklab(74.54% -0.0507 -0.0891)
OKLCHoklch(74.54% 0.102 240.4)
XYZxyz(37.2491, 42.0654, 81.7423)
Luminance0.4207 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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
##6DB5E71.002.239.419.41
#FFFFFF2.231.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4121.001.001.00
##0000009.4121.001.001.00

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

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#6DB5E7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva