#6DB8CD#6DB8CD

#6DB8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.080 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB8CD
RGB	rgb(109, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(193, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, -17.72, -17.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 25.15, 225.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.0635 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.08 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4625, 41.9373, 64.0244)
Luminance	0.4194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB8CD #CD826D

analogous

#6DCDB2 #6DB8CD #6D88CD

triadic

#6DB8CD #CD6DB8 #B8CD6D

tetradic

#6DB8CD #B26DCD #CD826D #88CD6D

square

#6DB8CD #B26DCD #CD826D #88CD6D

split-complementary

#6DB8CD #CD6D88 #CDB26D

monochromatic

#317A8F #40A1BC #6DB8CD #9BCEDD #C8E4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#6DB8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#6DB8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB8CD

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB8CD	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)

#AAB4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DC0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.080 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccddc',
    500: '#6db8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db8cd;
$custom-light: #9ccddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.125,
    "s": 48.98,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74155,
    "c": 0.08038,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB8CD

secondary

#DDC1B9

accent

#4929BC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB8CD

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

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