#6EB4CE#6EB4CE

#6EB4CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.080 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EB4CE
RGB	rgb(110, 180, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 47%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.6%, 12.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -15.11, -20.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 25.08, 232.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.0576 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.08 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8882, 40.4112, 64.3949)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6EB4CE #CE886E

analogous

#6ECEB8 #6EB4CE #6E84CE

triadic

#6EB4CE #CE6EB4 #B4CE6E

tetradic

#6EB4CE #B86ECE #CE886E #84CE6E

square

#6EB4CE #B86ECE #CE886E #84CE6E

split-complementary

#6EB4CE #CE6E84 #CEB86E

monochromatic

#317791 #409CBE #6EB4CE #9CCCDD #C9E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#6EB4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#6EB4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EB4CE

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EB4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EB4CE	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A6CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FBCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6eb4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 180, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.080 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcadd',
    500: '#6eb4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6eb4ce;
$custom-light: #9dcadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6eb4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.25,
    "s": 49.485,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73329,
    "c": 0.07986,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EB4CE

secondary

#DEC4BA

accent

#5129BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FB

border

#CDD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EB4CE

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

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