#6DB9CE#6DB9CE

#6DB9CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.081 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB9CE
RGB	rgb(109, 185, 206)
HSL	hsl(193, 50%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(193, 47%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -17.96, -17.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 25.37, 224.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0643 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.081 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7921, 42.4026, 64.7317)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB9CE #CE826D

analogous

#6DCEB3 #6DB9CE #6D89CE

triadic

#6DB9CE #CE6DB9 #B9CE6D

tetradic

#6DB9CE #B36DCE #CE826D #89CE6D

square

#6DB9CE #B36DCE #CE826D #89CE6D

split-complementary

#6DB9CE #CE6D89 #CEB36D

monochromatic

#307B90 #40A3BE #6DB9CE #9BCFDD #C9E5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#6DB9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#6DB9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB9CE

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB9CE	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	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)

#ABB5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BC1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 185, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.081 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccedd',
    500: '#6db9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db9ce;
$custom-light: #9ccedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.99,
    "s": 49.744,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74422,
    "c": 0.0811,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB9CE

secondary

#DDC1B9

accent

#4928BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F9FB

border

#CDD2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB9CE

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

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