#6DB6E5#6DB6E5

#6DB6E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.100 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#6DB6E5
RGBrgb(109, 182, 229)
HSLhsl(204, 70%, 66%)
HSVhsv(204, 52%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(52.4%, 20.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(71.12, -9.87, -30.51)
CIE-LCHlch(71.12, 32.07, 252.08°)
OKLaboklab(74.67% -0.0525 -0.0851)
OKLCHoklch(74.67% 0.1 238.3)
XYZxyz(37.1723, 42.3612, 80.3312)
Luminance0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#6DB6E5 #E59C6D
analogous
#6DE5D8 #6DB6E5 #6D7AE5
triadic
#6DB6E5 #E56DB6 #B6E56D
tetradic
#6DB6E5 #D86DE5 #E59C6D #7AE56D
square
#6DB6E5 #D86DE5 #E59C6D #7AE56D
split-complementary
#6DB6E5 #E56D7A #E5D86D
monochromatic
#217CB7 #399CDC #6DB6E5 #A1D0EE #D5EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22
#6DB6E5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47
#6DB6E5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB6E5
9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##6DB6E5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##6DB6E51.002.229.479.47
#FFFFFF2.221.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4721.001.001.00
##0000009.4721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A1B5E7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#90A9E4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#22C2C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #6db6e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 182, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.100 238.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecbed',
    500: '#6db6e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #6db6e5;
$custom-light: #9ecbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#6db6e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.5,
    "s": 69.767,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74671,
    "c": 0.09994,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#6DB6E5
secondary
#EAD3C3
accent
#5E14D2
background
#FAFCFE
surface
#F4F8FD
border
#CED1D5
text
#0F1316
muted
#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB6E5

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#6DB6E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva