#6EB8DC#6EB8DC

#6EB8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.090 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EB8DC
RGB	rgb(110, 184, 220)
HSL	hsl(200, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(200, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 16.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -13.31, -25.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 28.49, 242.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0571 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.09 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4844, 42.7603, 74.0272)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6EB8DC #DC926E

analogous

#6EDCC9 #6EB8DC #6E81DC

triadic

#6EB8DC #DC6EB8 #B8DC6E

tetradic

#6EB8DC #C96EDC #DC926E #81DC6E

square

#6EB8DC #C96EDC #DC926E #81DC6E

split-complementary

#6EB8DC #DC6E81 #DCC96E

monochromatic

#287EA7 #3DA0D0 #6EB8DC #9FD0E8 #D1E8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#6EB8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#6EB8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EB8DC

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EB8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EB8DC	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6eb8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 184, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.090 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecde7',
    500: '#6eb8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6eb8dc;
$custom-light: #9ecde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6eb8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.636,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74789,
    "c": 0.09026,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EB8DC

secondary

#E6CCC0

accent

#551DC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EB8DC

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

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