#6DB6CE#6DB6CE

#6DB6CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.081 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB6CE
RGB	rgb(109, 182, 206)
HSL	hsl(195, 50%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 47%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -16.40, -19.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 25.27, 229.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.0608 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.081 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.1711, 41.1607, 64.5247)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB6CE #CE856D

analogous

#6DCEB6 #6DB6CE #6D86CE

triadic

#6DB6CE #CE6DB6 #B6CE6D

tetradic

#6DB6CE #B66DCE #CE856D #86CE6D

square

#6DB6CE #B66DCE #CE856D #86CE6D

split-complementary

#6DB6CE #CE6D86 #CEB66D

monochromatic

#307990 #409FBE #6DB6CE #9BCDDD #C9E4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#6DB6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#6DB6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB6CE

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB6CE	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CBEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 182, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.081 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cccdd',
    500: '#6db6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db6ce;
$custom-light: #9cccdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.845,
    "s": 49.744,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73736,
    "c": 0.0807,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB6CE

secondary

#DDC2B9

accent

#4D28BD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB6CE

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

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