#6DBCE5#6DBCE5

#6DBCE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.098 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DBCE5
RGB	rgb(109, 188, 229)
HSL	hsl(201, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(201, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 17.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -13.07, -27.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 30.83, 244.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.0592 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.098 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4275, 44.8715, 80.7496)
Luminance	0.4487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DBCE5 #E5966D

analogous

#6DE5D2 #6DBCE5 #6D80E5

triadic

#6DBCE5 #E56DBC #BCE56D

tetradic

#6DBCE5 #D26DE5 #E5966D #80E56D

square

#6DBCE5 #D26DE5 #E5966D #80E56D

split-complementary

#6DBCE5 #E56D80 #E5D26D

monochromatic

#2184B7 #39A4DC #6DBCE5 #A1D4EE #D5ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#6DBCE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#6DBCE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DBCE5

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DBCE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DBCE5	1.00	2.11	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BAE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ADE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EC7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dbce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 188, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.098 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed0ed',
    500: '#6dbce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dbce5;
$custom-light: #9ed0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dbce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.5,
    "s": 69.767,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7601,
    "c": 0.09765,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DBCE5

secondary

#EAD1C3

accent

#5514D2

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DBCE5

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

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