#6DBDDD#6DBDDD

#6DBDDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.091 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DBDDD
RGB	rgb(109, 189, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -15.88, -23.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 28.43, 236.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.0632 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.091 226)
XYZ	xyz(37.5505, 44.8637, 75.0733)
Luminance	0.4487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DBDDD #DD8D6D

analogous

#6DDDC5 #6DBDDD #6D85DD

triadic

#6DBDDD #DD6DBD #BDDD6D

tetradic

#6DBDDD #C56DDD #DD8D6D #85DD6D

square

#6DBDDD #C56DDD #DD8D6D #85DD6D

split-complementary

#6DBDDD #DD6D85 #DDC56D

monochromatic

#2783A8 #3BA7D1 #6DBDDD #9FD3E9 #D0EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#6DBDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#6DBDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DBDDD

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DBDDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DBDDD	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BADDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BC7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dbddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 189, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.091 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed1e7',
    500: '#6dbddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dbddd;
$custom-light: #9ed1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dbddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 62.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75911,
    "c": 0.09093,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.44867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DBDDD

secondary

#E6CBC0

accent

#4D1CCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DBDDD

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

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