#6DB6DD#6DB6DD

#6DB6DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.092 H 233.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB6DD
RGB	rgb(109, 182, 221)
HSL	hsl(201, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(201, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -12.18, -26.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 29.27, 245.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0552 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.092 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.0810, 41.9246, 74.5835)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB6DD #DD946D

analogous

#6DDDCC #6DB6DD #6D7EDD

triadic

#6DB6DD #DD6DB6 #B6DD6D

tetradic

#6DB6DD #CC6DDD #DD946D #7EDD6D

square

#6DB6DD #CC6DDD #DD946D #7EDD6D

split-complementary

#6DB6DD #DD6D7E #DDCC6D

monochromatic

#277BA8 #3B9DD1 #6DB6DD #9FCFE9 #D0E8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#6DB6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#6DB6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB6DD

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB6DD	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EC0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 182, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.092 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcbe7',
    500: '#6db6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db6dd;
$custom-light: #9dcbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.893,
    "s": 62.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74334,
    "c": 0.09231,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB6DD

secondary

#E6CDC0

accent

#581CCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB6DD

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

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