#6DB8E5#6DB8E5

#6DB8E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.099 H 236.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB8E5
RGB	rgb(109, 184, 229)
HSL	hsl(203, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(203, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 19.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -10.94, -29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 31.60, 249.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.0547 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.099 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5848, 43.1862, 80.4687)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB8E5 #E59A6D

analogous

#6DE5D6 #6DB8E5 #6D7CE5

triadic

#6DB8E5 #E56DB8 #B8E56D

tetradic

#6DB8E5 #D66DE5 #E59A6D #7CE56D

square

#6DB8E5 #D66DE5 #E59A6D #7CE56D

split-complementary

#6DB8E5 #E56D7C #E5D66D

monochromatic

#217FB7 #399FDC #6DB8E5 #A1D1EE #D5EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#6DB8E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#6DB8E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB8E5

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB8E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB8E5	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AAE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21C4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db8e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 184, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.099 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecded',
    500: '#6db8e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db8e5;
$custom-light: #9ecded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db8e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 69.767,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75117,
    "c": 0.09908,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB8E5

secondary

#EAD2C3

accent

#5B14D2

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB8E5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →