#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
RGB	rgb(109, 182, 229)
HSL	hsl(204, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(204, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 20.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -9.87, -30.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 32.07, 252.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.0525 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.1 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1723, 42.3612, 80.3312)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##6DB6E5	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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