#6DB5EE#6DB5EE

#6DB5EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.110 H 243.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB5EE
RGB	rgb(109, 181, 238)
HSL	hsl(207, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(207, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 23.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, -6.66, -35.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 35.92, 259.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0484 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.11 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2576, 42.4688, 87.0536)
Luminance	0.4247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB5EE #EEA66D

analogous

#6DEEE7 #6DB5EE #6D74EE

triadic

#6DB5EE #EE6DB5 #B5EE6D

tetradic

#6DB5EE #E76DEE #EEA66D #74EE6D

square

#6DB5EE #E76DEE #EEA66D #74EE6D

split-complementary

#6DB5EE #EE6D74 #EEE76D

monochromatic

#177BC9 #3699E8 #6DB5EE #A4D1F4 #DBEDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#6DB5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#6DB5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB5EE

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB5EE	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0CC3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 181, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.110 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcbf3',
    500: '#6db5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db5ee;
$custom-light: #9fcbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.512,
    "s": 79.141,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74846,
    "c": 0.10998,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB5EE

secondary

#EFD9C8

accent

#670ADB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB5EE

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

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