#6DB5ED#6DB5ED

#6DB5ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.109 H 243.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB5ED
RGB	rgb(109, 181, 237)
HSL	hsl(206, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(206, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 23.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -6.96, -34.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 35.50, 258.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.0487 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.109 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1111, 42.4102, 86.2820)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB5ED #EDA56D

analogous

#6DEDE5 #6DB5ED #6D75ED

triadic

#6DB5ED #ED6DB5 #B5ED6D

tetradic

#6DB5ED #E56DED #EDA56D #75ED6D

square

#6DB5ED #E56DED #EDA56D #75ED6D

split-complementary

#6DB5ED #ED6D75 #EDE56D

monochromatic

#197BC7 #3799E6 #6DB5ED #A3D1F4 #DAECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#6DB5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#6DB5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB5ED

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB5ED	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA8EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 181, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.109 243.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcbf3',
    500: '#6db5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db5ed;
$custom-light: #9fcbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.25,
    "s": 78.049,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74801,
    "c": 0.10889,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB5ED

secondary

#EFD8C7

accent

#660BDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB5ED

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

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