#6DB9DD#6DB9DD

#6DB9DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.092 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB9DD
RGB	rgb(109, 185, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(199, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 16.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -13.78, -25.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 28.82, 241.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.0587 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.092 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7020, 43.1666, 74.7905)
Luminance	0.4317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB9DD #DD916D

analogous

#6DDDC9 #6DB9DD #6D81DD

triadic

#6DB9DD #DD6DB9 #B9DD6D

tetradic

#6DB9DD #C96DDD #DD916D #81DD6D

square

#6DB9DD #C96DDD #DD916D #81DD6D

split-complementary

#6DB9DD #DD6D81 #DDC96D

monochromatic

#277FA8 #3BA1D1 #6DB9DD #9FD1E9 #D0E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#6DB9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#6DB9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB9DD

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB9DD	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CC3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 185, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.092 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecee7',
    500: '#6db9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db9dd;
$custom-light: #9ecee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.286,
    "s": 62.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75008,
    "c": 0.09154,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB9DD

secondary

#E6CCC0

accent

#541CCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB9DD

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

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