#6EB4E1#6EB4E1

#6EB4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.096 H 238.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EB4E1
RGB	rgb(110, 180, 225)
HSL	hsl(203, 66%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(203, 51%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 20%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -9.73, -29.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 30.93, 251.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0508 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.096 238.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.3374, 41.3908, 77.2939)
Luminance	0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6EB4E1 #E19B6E

analogous

#6EE1D4 #6EB4E1 #6E7AE1

triadic

#6EB4E1 #E16EB4 #B4E16E

tetradic

#6EB4E1 #D46EE1 #E19B6E #7AE16E

square

#6EB4E1 #D46EE1 #E19B6E #7AE16E

split-complementary

#6EB4E1 #E16E7A #E1D46E

monochromatic

#2479B0 #3B9AD7 #6EB4E1 #A1CEEB #D3E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#6EB4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#6EB4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EB4E1

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EB4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EB4E1	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B3E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A7E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DBFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6eb4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 180, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.096 238.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecaea',
    500: '#6eb4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6eb4e1;
$custom-light: #9ecaea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6eb4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.478,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74102,
    "c": 0.09626,
    "h": 238.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EB4E1

secondary

#E9D1C2

accent

#5F18CE

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EB4E1

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

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