#6EB4E5#6EB4E5

#6EB4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.100 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EB4E5
RGB	rgb(110, 180, 229)
HSL	hsl(205, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(205, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 21.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -8.57, -31.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 32.46, 254.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0494 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.1 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8894, 41.6117, 80.2014)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6EB4E5 #E59F6E

analogous

#6EE5DB #6EB4E5 #6E79E5

triadic

#6EB4E5 #E56EB4 #B4E56E

tetradic

#6EB4E5 #DB6EE5 #E59F6E #79E56E

square

#6EB4E5 #DB6EE5 #E59F6E #79E56E

split-complementary

#6EB4E5 #E56E79 #E5DB6E

monochromatic

#217AB8 #3A99DC #6EB4E5 #A2CFEE #D6EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#6EB4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#6EB4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EB4E5

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EB4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EB4E5	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6eb4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 180, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.100 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcaed',
    500: '#6eb4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6eb4e5;
$custom-light: #9fcaed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6eb4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.706,
    "s": 69.591,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74274,
    "c": 0.10035,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EB4E5

secondary

#EBD4C4

accent

#6214D2

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EB4E5

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

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