#6EB8D8#6EB8D8

#6EB8D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.087 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EB8D8
RGB	rgb(110, 184, 216)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(198, 49%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 14.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -14.44, -23.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 27.35, 238.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0586 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.087 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9610, 42.5510, 71.2706)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6EB8D8 #D88E6E

analogous

#6ED8C3 #6EB8D8 #6E83D8

triadic

#6EB8D8 #D86EB8 #B8D86E

tetradic

#6EB8D8 #C36ED8 #D88E6E #83D86E

square

#6EB8D8 #C36ED8 #D88E6E #83D86E

split-complementary

#6EB8D8 #D86E83 #D8C36E

monochromatic

#2B7DA0 #3EA0CB #6EB8D8 #9ED0E5 #CEE7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#6EB8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#6EB8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EB8D8

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EB8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EB8D8	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B5DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A9D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6eb8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 184, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.087 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecde4',
    500: '#6eb8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6eb8d8;
$custom-light: #9ecde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6eb8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.113,
    "s": 57.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74628,
    "c": 0.08701,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EB8D8

secondary

#E3CABE

accent

#5220C5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EB8D8

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

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