#6EB5CE#6EB5CE

#6EB5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.080 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EB5CE
RGB	rgb(110, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 47%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.6%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -15.64, -19.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 25.06, 231.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.0588 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.08 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0908, 40.8164, 64.4624)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6EB5CE #CE876E

analogous

#6ECEB7 #6EB5CE #6E85CE

triadic

#6EB5CE #CE6EB5 #B5CE6E

tetradic

#6EB5CE #B76ECE #CE876E #85CE6E

square

#6EB5CE #B76ECE #CE876E #85CE6E

split-complementary

#6EB5CE #CE6E85 #CEB76E

monochromatic

#317891 #409EBE #6EB5CE #9CCCDD #C9E4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#6EB5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#6EB5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EB5CE

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EB5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EB5CE	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FBDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6eb5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.080 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcbdd',
    500: '#6eb5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6eb5ce;
$custom-light: #9dcbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6eb5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.625,
    "s": 49.485,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73556,
    "c": 0.07989,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EB5CE

secondary

#DEC3BA

accent

#4F29BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FB

border

#CDD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EB5CE

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

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