#6DB8D6#6DB8D6

#6DB8D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.086 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB8D6
RGB	rgb(109, 184, 214)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(197, 49%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 14%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -15.23, -22.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 27.01, 235.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.0601 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.086 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5803, 42.3844, 69.9113)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB8D6 #D68B6D

analogous

#6DD6BF #6DB8D6 #6D83D6

triadic

#6DB8D6 #D66DB8 #B8D66D

tetradic

#6DB8D6 #BF6DD6 #D68B6D #83D66D

square

#6DB8D6 #BF6DD6 #D68B6D #83D66D

split-complementary

#6DB8D6 #D66D83 #D6BF6D

monochromatic

#2C7C9D #3DA1C9 #6DB8D6 #9DCFE3 #CDE6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#6DB8D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#6DB8D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB8D6

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB8D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB8D6	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B5D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A9D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db8d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 184, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.086 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcde2',
    500: '#6db8d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db8d6;
$custom-light: #9dcde2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db8d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 56.15,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74502,
    "c": 0.08618,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB8D6

secondary

#E2C7BD

accent

#5022C4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F9FB

border

#CDD2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB8D6

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

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