#6DB6E4#6DB6E4

#6DB6E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.099 H 237.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB6E4
RGB	rgb(109, 182, 228)
HSL	hsl(203, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(203, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 20.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, -10.16, -30.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 31.70, 251.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0528 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.099 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0331, 42.3055, 79.5980)
Luminance	0.4231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB6E4 #E49B6D

analogous

#6DE4D6 #6DB6E4 #6D7AE4

triadic

#6DB6E4 #E46DB6 #B6E46D

tetradic

#6DB6E4 #D66DE4 #E49B6D #7AE46D

square

#6DB6E4 #D66DE4 #E49B6D #7AE46D

split-complementary

#6DB6E4 #E46D7A #E4D66D

monochromatic

#217CB5 #399CDA #6DB6E4 #A1D0EE #D4EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#6DB6E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#6DB6E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB6E4

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB6E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB6E4	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B5E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24C2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db6e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 182, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.099 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecbec',
    500: '#6db6e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db6e4;
$custom-light: #9ecbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db6e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.193,
    "s": 68.786,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74629,
    "c": 0.09895,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB6E4

secondary

#EAD2C3

accent

#5D15D1

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB6E4

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

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