#6EB3CE#6EB3CE

#6EB3CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.080 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EB3CE
RGB	rgb(110, 179, 206)
HSL	hsl(197, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 47%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.6%, 13.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -14.59, -20.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 25.12, 234.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.0564 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.08 225)
XYZ	xyz(33.6870, 40.0089, 64.3279)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6EB3CE #CE896E

analogous

#6ECEB9 #6EB3CE #6E83CE

triadic

#6EB3CE #CE6EB3 #B3CE6E

tetradic

#6EB3CE #B96ECE #CE896E #83CE6E

square

#6EB3CE #B96ECE #CE896E #83CE6E

split-complementary

#6EB3CE #CE6E83 #CEB96E

monochromatic

#317691 #409BBE #6EB3CE #9CCBDD #C9E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#6EB3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#6EB3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EB3CE

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EB3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EB3CE	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40BBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6eb3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 179, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.080 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc9dd',
    500: '#6eb3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6eb3ce;
$custom-light: #9dc9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6eb3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.875,
    "s": 49.485,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73101,
    "c": 0.07987,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.40011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EB3CE

secondary

#DEC4BA

accent

#5229BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FB

border

#CDD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EB3CE

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

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