#6EA5BD#6EA5BD

#6EA5BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.068 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EA5BD
RGB	rgb(110, 165, 189)
HSL	hsl(198, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 12.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, -11.76, -18.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 21.52, 236.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% -0.0459 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.068 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0676, 33.8975, 53.1454)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6EA5BD #BD866E

analogous

#6EBDAD #6EA5BD #6E7DBD

triadic

#6EA5BD #BD6EA5 #A5BD6E

tetradic

#6EA5BD #AD6EBD #BD866E #7DBD6E

square

#6EA5BD #AD6EBD #BD866E #7DBD6E

split-complementary

#6EA5BD #BD6E7D #BDAD6E

monochromatic

#376579 #4A88A3 #6EA5BD #98BFD0 #C2D9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#6EA5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#6EA5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EA5BD

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EA5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EA5BD	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D99BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ea5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 165, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.068 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bbfd1',
    500: '#6ea5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ea5bd;
$custom-light: #9bbfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ea5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.228,
    "s": 37.441,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69254,
    "c": 0.06763,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EA5BD

secondary

#D3BDB4

accent

#7D5ACD

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0E1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EA5BD

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

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