#6EB4CD#6EB4CD

#6EB4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.079 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EB4CD
RGB	rgb(110, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 46%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -15.39, -19.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 24.85, 231.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.058 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.079 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7671, 40.3627, 63.7572)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6EB4CD #CD876E

analogous

#6ECDB6 #6EB4CD #6E85CD

triadic

#6EB4CD #CD6EB4 #B4CD6E

tetradic

#6EB4CD #B66ECD #CD876E #85CD6E

square

#6EB4CD #B66ECD #CD876E #85CD6E

split-complementary

#6EB4CD #CD6E85 #CDB66E

monochromatic

#31778F #419CBD #6EB4CD #9CCCDD #C9E3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#6EB4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#6EB4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EB4CD

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EB4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EB4CD	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6eb4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.079 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcadc',
    500: '#6eb4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6eb4cd;
$custom-light: #9dcadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6eb4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7329,
    "c": 0.07919,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EB4CD

secondary

#DDC3BA

accent

#5029BC

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FB

border

#CDD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EB4CD

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

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