#6EB5ED#6EB5ED

#6EB5ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.108 H 243.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EB5ED
RGB	rgb(110, 181, 237)
HSL	hsl(206, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(206, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 23.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -6.75, -34.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 35.39, 259.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0479 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.108 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2348, 42.4740, 86.2878)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6EB5ED #EDA66E

analogous

#6EEDE6 #6EB5ED #6E75ED

triadic

#6EB5ED #ED6EB5 #B5ED6E

tetradic

#6EB5ED #E66EED #EDA66E #75ED6E

square

#6EB5ED #E66EED #EDA66E #75ED6E

split-complementary

#6EB5ED #ED6E75 #EDE66E

monochromatic

#197BC8 #3899E6 #6EB5ED #A4D1F4 #DBEDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#6EB5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#6EB5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EB5ED

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EB5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EB5ED	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6eb5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 181, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.108 243.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcbf3',
    500: '#6eb5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6eb5ed;
$custom-light: #9fcbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6eb5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.457,
    "s": 77.914,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74848,
    "c": 0.10835,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EB5ED

secondary

#EFD9C8

accent

#670BDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EB5ED

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

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