#6EB5CF#6EB5CF

#6EB5CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.081 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EB5CF
RGB	rgb(110, 181, 207)
HSL	hsl(196, 50%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 47%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 12.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -15.37, -20.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 25.28, 232.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0584 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.081 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2126, 40.8651, 65.1043)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6EB5CF #CF886E

analogous

#6ECFB8 #6EB5CF #6E85CF

triadic

#6EB5CF #CF6EB5 #B5CF6E

tetradic

#6EB5CF #B86ECF #CF886E #85CF6E

square

#6EB5CF #B86ECF #CF886E #85CF6E

split-complementary

#6EB5CF #CF6E85 #CFB86E

monochromatic

#307892 #409EC0 #6EB5CF #9CCCDE #CAE4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#6EB5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#6EB5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EB5CF

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EB5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EB5CF	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A7CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EBDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6eb5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 181, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.081 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcbdd',
    500: '#6eb5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6eb5cf;
$custom-light: #9dcbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6eb5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.082,
    "s": 50.259,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73595,
    "c": 0.08057,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EB5CF

secondary

#DEC4BB

accent

#5028BE

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FB

border

#CDD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EB5CF

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

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