#6EA5BC#6EA5BC

#6EA5BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.067 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EA5BC
RGB	rgb(110, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(198, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 12.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, -12.03, -17.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 21.25, 235.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.0463 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.067 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9595, 33.8542, 52.5757)
Luminance	0.3386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6EA5BC #BC856E

analogous

#6EBCAC #6EA5BC #6E7EBC

triadic

#6EA5BC #BC6EA5 #A5BC6E

tetradic

#6EA5BC #AC6EBC #BC856E #7EBC6E

square

#6EA5BC #AC6EBC #BC856E #7EBC6E

split-complementary

#6EA5BC #BC6E7E #BCAC6E

monochromatic

#376578 #4B88A2 #6EA5BC #98BFCF #C2D9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#6EA5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#6EA5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EA5BC

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EA5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EA5BC	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D99BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ea5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.067 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bbfd0',
    500: '#6ea5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ea5bc;
$custom-light: #9bbfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ea5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.692,
    "s": 36.792,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69215,
    "c": 0.06687,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EA5BC

secondary

#D2BDB3

accent

#7D5BCD

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0E1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EA5BC

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

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