#6EA5BE#6EA5BE

#6EA5BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.068 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EA5BE
RGB	rgb(110, 165, 190)
HSL	hsl(199, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 42%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, -11.49, -18.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 21.80, 238.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% -0.0455 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.068 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1766, 33.9410, 53.7190)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6EA5BE #BE876E

analogous

#6EBEAF #6EA5BE #6E7DBE

triadic

#6EA5BE #BE6EA5 #A5BE6E

tetradic

#6EA5BE #AF6EBE #BE876E #7DBE6E

square

#6EA5BE #AF6EBE #BE876E #7DBE6E

split-complementary

#6EA5BE #BE6E7D #BEAF6E

monochromatic

#37657B #4A88A5 #6EA5BE #98BFD1 #C3D9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#6EA5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#6EA5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EA5BE

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EA5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EA5BE	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9ABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ea5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 165, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.068 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bbfd1',
    500: '#6ea5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ea5be;
$custom-light: #9bbfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ea5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69293,
    "c": 0.06843,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EA5BE

secondary

#D4BEB4

accent

#7E5ACE

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0E1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EA5BE

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

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