#6DB9CD#6DB9CD

#6DB9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.081 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB9CD
RGB	rgb(109, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(193, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -18.24, -17.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 25.22, 223.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.0647 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.081 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6710, 42.3542, 64.0939)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB9CD #CD816D

analogous

#6DCDB1 #6DB9CD #6D89CD

triadic

#6DB9CD #CD6DB9 #B9CD6D

tetradic

#6DB9CD #B16DCD #CD816D #89CD6D

square

#6DB9CD #B16DCD #CD816D #89CD6D

split-complementary

#6DB9CD #CD6D89 #CDB16D

monochromatic

#317B8F #40A3BC #6DB9CD #9BCFDD #C8E5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#6DB9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#6DB9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB9CD

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB9CD	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CC0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.081 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccedc',
    500: '#6db9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db9cd;
$custom-light: #9ccedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.5,
    "s": 48.98,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74384,
    "c": 0.08058,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB9CD

secondary

#DDC0B9

accent

#4829BC

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F9FB

border

#CDD2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB9CD

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

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