#6DB9D8#6DB9D8

#6DB9D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.088 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB9D8
RGB	rgb(109, 185, 216)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 14.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, -15.19, -22.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 27.45, 236.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% -0.0605 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.088 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0457, 42.9041, 71.3343)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB9D8 #D88C6D

analogous

#6DD8C1 #6DB9D8 #6D83D8

triadic

#6DB9D8 #D86DB9 #B9D86D

tetradic

#6DB9D8 #C16DD8 #D88C6D #83D86D

square

#6DB9D8 #C16DD8 #D88C6D #83D86D

split-complementary

#6DB9D8 #D86D83 #D8C16D

monochromatic

#2B7EA0 #3DA2CB #6DB9D8 #9DD0E5 #CEE7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#6DB9D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#6DB9D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB9D8

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB9D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB9D8	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AAD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db9d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 185, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.088 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcee4',
    500: '#6db9d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db9d8;
$custom-light: #9dcee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db9d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.383,
    "s": 57.838,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74808,
    "c": 0.08758,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB9D8

secondary

#E3C8BE

accent

#5020C5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F9FB

border

#CDD2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB9D8

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

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