#6DBBD8#6DBBD8

#6DBBD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.087 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DBBD8
RGB	rgb(109, 187, 216)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 13.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -16.24, -21.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 27.34, 233.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.0628 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.087 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.4671, 43.7467, 71.4747)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DBBD8 #D88A6D

analogous

#6DD8BF #6DBBD8 #6D85D8

triadic

#6DBBD8 #D86DBB #BBD86D

tetradic

#6DBBD8 #BF6DD8 #D88A6D #85D86D

square

#6DBBD8 #BF6DD8 #D88A6D #85D86D

split-complementary

#6DBBD8 #D86D85 #D8BF6D

monochromatic

#2B80A0 #3DA5CB #6DBBD8 #9DD1E5 #CEE8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#6DBBD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#6DBBD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DBBD8

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DBBD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DBBD8	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB7DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BABD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dbbd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 187, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.087 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcfe4',
    500: '#6dbbd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dbbd8;
$custom-light: #9dcfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dbbd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.262,
    "s": 57.838,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75261,
    "c": 0.08747,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DBBD8

secondary

#E3C8BE

accent

#4D20C5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DBBD8

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

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