#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
RGB	rgb(109, 181, 232)
HSL	hsl(205, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(205, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 22%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -8.44, -32.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 33.48, 255.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0503 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.104 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3908, 42.1220, 82.4883)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##6DB5E8	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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