#6EB5CD#6EB5CD

#6EB5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.079 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EB5CD
RGB	rgb(110, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 46%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -15.92, -19.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 24.85, 230.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0592 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.079 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9697, 40.7679, 63.8247)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6EB5CD #CD866E

analogous

#6ECDB6 #6EB5CD #6E86CD

triadic

#6EB5CD #CD6EB5 #B5CD6E

tetradic

#6EB5CD #B66ECD #CD866E #86CD6E

square

#6EB5CD #B66ECD #CD866E #86CD6E

split-complementary

#6EB5CD #CD6E86 #CDB66E

monochromatic

#31788F #419DBD #6EB5CD #9CCCDD #C9E3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#6EB5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#6EB5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EB5CD

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EB5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EB5CD	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6eb5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.079 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcbdc',
    500: '#6eb5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6eb5cd;
$custom-light: #9dcbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6eb5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.158,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73518,
    "c": 0.07924,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EB5CD

secondary

#DDC3BA

accent

#4F29BC

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FB

border

#CDD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EB5CD

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

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