#6EB9EE#6EB9EE

#6EB9EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.107 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EB9EE
RGB	rgb(110, 185, 238)
HSL	hsl(205, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(205, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 22.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -8.62, -33.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 34.59, 255.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.052 -0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.107 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2064, 44.1826, 87.3344)
Luminance	0.4419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6EB9EE #EEA36E

analogous

#6EEEE3 #6EB9EE #6E79EE

triadic

#6EB9EE #EE6EB9 #B9EE6E

tetradic

#6EB9EE #E36EEE #EEA36E #79EE6E

square

#6EB9EE #E36EEE #EEA36E #79EE6E

split-complementary

#6EB9EE #EE6E79 #EEE36E

monochromatic

#1880CA #379FE8 #6EB9EE #A5D3F4 #DCEEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#6EB9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#6EB9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EB9EE

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EB9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EB9EE	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B9F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90ACED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11C6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6eb9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 185, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.107 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cdf3',
    500: '#6eb9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6eb9ee;
$custom-light: #a0cdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6eb9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.844,
    "s": 79.012,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75773,
    "c": 0.10708,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EB9EE

secondary

#EFD9C8

accent

#610ADB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EB9EE

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

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