#6EB5E8#6EB5E8

#6EB5E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.103 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EB5E8
RGB	rgb(110, 181, 232)
HSL	hsl(205, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(205, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 22%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -8.23, -32.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 33.36, 255.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0495 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.103 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5145, 42.1858, 82.4941)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6EB5E8 #E8A16E

analogous

#6EE8DE #6EB5E8 #6E78E8

triadic

#6EB5E8 #E86EB5 #B5E86E

tetradic

#6EB5E8 #DE6EE8 #E8A16E #78E86E

square

#6EB5E8 #DE6EE8 #E8A16E #78E86E

split-complementary

#6EB5E8 #E86E78 #E8DE6E

monochromatic

#1E7BBE #399AE0 #6EB5E8 #A3D0F0 #D8EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#6EB5E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#6EB5E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EB5E8

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EB5E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EB5E8	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB5EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA8E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6eb5e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 181, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.103 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcbef',
    500: '#6eb5e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6eb5e8;
$custom-light: #9fcbef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6eb5e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.082,
    "s": 72.619,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74626,
    "c": 0.10297,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EB5E8

secondary

#ECD6C6

accent

#6311D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EB5E8

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

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