#6DB5E8#6DB5E8

#6DB5E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.104 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#6DB5E8
RGBrgb(109, 181, 232)
HSLhsl(205, 73%, 67%)
HSVhsv(205, 53%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(53%, 22%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(70.95, -8.44, -32.40)
CIE-LCHlch(70.95, 33.48, 255.40°)
OKLaboklab(74.58% -0.0503 -0.0905)
OKLCHoklch(74.58% 0.104 240.9)
XYZxyz(37.3908, 42.1220, 82.4883)
Luminance0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#6DB5E8 #E8A06D
analogous
#6DE8DE #6DB5E8 #6D78E8
triadic
#6DB5E8 #E86DB5 #B5E86D
tetradic
#6DB5E8 #DE6DE8 #E8A06D #78E86D
square
#6DB5E8 #DE6DE8 #E8A06D #78E86D
split-complementary
#6DB5E8 #E86D78 #E8DE6D
monochromatic
#1E7BBD #389AE0 #6DB5E8 #A2D0F0 #D7EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23
#6DB5E8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42
#6DB5E8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB5E8
9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##6DB5E8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##6DB5E81.002.239.429.42
#FFFFFF2.231.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4221.001.001.00
##0000009.4221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9FB5EA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8EA8E7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#1DC2C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #6db5e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 181, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.104 240.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecbef',
    500: '#6db5e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #6db5e8;
$custom-light: #9ecbef;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#6db5e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.878,
    "s": 72.781,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7458,
    "c": 0.10353,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#6DB5E8
secondary
#ECD5C5
accent
#6211D5
background
#FAFCFE
surface
#F4F8FD
border
#CED1D5
text
#0F1316
muted
#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB5E8

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#6DB5E8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva