#6DB8D8#6DB8D8

#6DB8D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.088 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB8D8
RGB	rgb(109, 184, 216)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(198, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 14.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -14.67, -23.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 27.53, 237.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0593 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.088 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8373, 42.4872, 71.2648)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB8D8 #D88D6D

analogous

#6DD8C2 #6DB8D8 #6D82D8

triadic

#6DB8D8 #D86DB8 #B8D86D

tetradic

#6DB8D8 #C26DD8 #D88D6D #82D86D

square

#6DB8D8 #C26DD8 #D88D6D #82D86D

split-complementary

#6DB8D8 #D86D82 #D8C26D

monochromatic

#2B7DA0 #3DA1CB #6DB8D8 #9DCFE5 #CEE7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#6DB8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#6DB8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB8D8

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB8D8	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B5DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A9D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 184, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.088 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcde4',
    500: '#6db8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db8d8;
$custom-light: #9dcde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.944,
    "s": 57.838,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74581,
    "c": 0.08769,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB8D8

secondary

#E3C9BE

accent

#5220C5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F9FB

border

#CDD2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB8D8

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

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