#6DB8CE#6DB8CE

#6DB8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.081 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB8CE
RGB	rgb(109, 184, 206)
HSL	hsl(194, 50%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 47%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -17.45, -18.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 25.32, 226.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0631 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.081 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5836, 41.9857, 64.6622)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB8CE #CE836D

analogous

#6DCEB4 #6DB8CE #6D88CE

triadic

#6DB8CE #CE6DB8 #B8CE6D

tetradic

#6DB8CE #B46DCE #CE836D #88CE6D

square

#6DB8CE #B46DCE #CE836D #88CE6D

split-complementary

#6DB8CE #CE6D88 #CEB46D

monochromatic

#307A90 #40A1BE #6DB8CE #9BCEDD #C9E5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#6DB8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#6DB8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB8CE

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB8CE	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CC0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 184, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.081 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccddd',
    500: '#6db8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db8ce;
$custom-light: #9ccddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.608,
    "s": 49.744,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74193,
    "c": 0.08094,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB8CE

secondary

#DDC2B9

accent

#4A28BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F9FB

border

#CDD2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB8CE

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

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