#6EB9EC#6EB9EC

#6EB9EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.105 H 239.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EB9EC
RGB	rgb(110, 185, 236)
HSL	hsl(204, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(204, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 21.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -9.21, -32.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 33.81, 254.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0527 -0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.105 239.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.9142, 44.0658, 85.7955)
Luminance	0.4407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6EB9EC #ECA16E

analogous

#6EECE0 #6EB9EC #6E7AEC

triadic

#6EB9EC #EC6EB9 #B9EC6E

tetradic

#6EB9EC #E06EEC #ECA16E #7AEC6E

square

#6EB9EC #E06EEC #ECA16E #7AEC6E

split-complementary

#6EB9EC #EC6E7A #ECE06E

monochromatic

#1A80C6 #389FE5 #6EB9EC #A4D3F3 #DAEDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#6EB9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#6EB9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EB9EC

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EB9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EB9EC	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B9EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ABEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17C6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6eb9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 185, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.105 239.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcef2',
    500: '#6eb9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6eb9ec;
$custom-light: #9fcef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6eb9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.286,
    "s": 76.829,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75685,
    "c": 0.10501,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EB9EC

secondary

#EED7C7

accent

#5F0CD9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EB9EC

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

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