#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
RGBrgb(109, 185, 206)
HSLhsl(193, 50%, 62%)
HSVhsv(193, 47%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(47.1%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(71.15, -17.96, -17.92)
CIE-LCHlch(71.15, 25.37, 224.92°)
OKLaboklab(74.42% -0.0643 -0.0494)
OKLCHoklch(74.42% 0.081 217.6)
XYZxyz(34.7921, 42.4026, 64.7317)
Luminance0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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
##6DB9CE1.002.219.489.48
#FFFFFF2.211.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4821.001.001.00
##0000009.4821.001.001.00

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

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#6DB9CE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva