#6DB9DB#6DB9DB

#6DB9DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.090 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB9DB
RGB	rgb(109, 185, 219)
HSL	hsl(199, 60%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(199, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 15.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -14.35, -24.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 28.25, 239.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.0594 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.09 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4371, 43.0606, 73.3955)
Luminance	0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB9DB #DB8F6D

analogous

#6DDBC6 #6DB9DB #6D82DB

triadic

#6DB9DB #DB6DB9 #B9DB6D

tetradic

#6DB9DB #C66DDB #DB8F6D #82DB6D

square

#6DB9DB #C66DDB #DB8F6D #82DB6D

split-complementary

#6DB9DB #DB6D82 #DBC66D

monochromatic

#297FA5 #3CA1CF #6DB9DB #9ED1E7 #CFE8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#6DB9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#6DB9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB9DB

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB9DB	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B6DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FC3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 185, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.090 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcee6',
    500: '#6db9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db9db;
$custom-light: #9dcee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.545,
    "s": 60.44,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74928,
    "c": 0.08991,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB9DB

secondary

#E5CBBF

accent

#521DC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB9DB

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

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