#6DB9E2#6DB9E2

#6DB9E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.096 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DB9E2
RGB	rgb(109, 185, 226)
HSL	hsl(201, 67%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(201, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 18.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, -12.34, -27.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 30.38, 246.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0569 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.096 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3781, 43.4370, 78.3512)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DB9E2 #E2966D

analogous

#6DE2D1 #6DB9E2 #6D7EE2

triadic

#6DB9E2 #E26DB9 #B9E26D

tetradic

#6DB9E2 #D16DE2 #E2966D #7EE26D

square

#6DB9E2 #D16DE2 #E2966D #7EE26D

split-complementary

#6DB9E2 #E26D7E #E2D16D

monochromatic

#2380B1 #3AA1D8 #6DB9E2 #A0D1EC #D3EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#6DB9E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#6DB9E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DB9E2

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DB9E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DB9E2	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B7E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ABE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6db9e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 185, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.096 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9eceeb',
    500: '#6db9e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6db9e2;
$custom-light: #9eceeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6db9e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.026,
    "s": 66.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75214,
    "c": 0.0959,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DB9E2

secondary

#E9D0C2

accent

#5717CF

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DB9E2

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

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