#6DBCD8#6DBCD8

#6DBCD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.087 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DBCD8
RGB	rgb(109, 188, 216)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -16.76, -21.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 27.31, 232.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0639 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.087 223)
XYZ	xyz(36.6799, 44.1725, 71.5457)
Luminance	0.4418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DBCD8 #D8896D

analogous

#6DD8BE #6DBCD8 #6D86D8

triadic

#6DBCD8 #D86DBC #BCD86D

tetradic

#6DBCD8 #BE6DD8 #D8896D #86D86D

square

#6DBCD8 #BE6DD8 #D8896D #86D86D

split-complementary

#6DBCD8 #D86D86 #D8BE6D

monochromatic

#2B81A0 #3DA6CB #6DBCD8 #9DD2E5 #CEE8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#6DBCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#6DBCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DBCD8

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DBCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DBCD8	1.00	2.14	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB8DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CACD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dbcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 188, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.087 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dd0e4',
    500: '#6dbcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dbcd8;
$custom-light: #9dd0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dbcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.701,
    "s": 57.838,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75488,
    "c": 0.08746,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.44176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DBCD8

secondary

#E3C7BE

accent

#4B20C5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DBCD8

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

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