#6FA8BE#6FA8BE

#6FA8BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.068 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6FA8BE
RGB	rgb(111, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(197, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 42%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, -12.84, -17.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 21.42, 233.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.0484 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.068 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.8492, 35.1005, 53.9074)
Luminance	0.3510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#6FA8BE #BE856F

analogous

#6FBEAD #6FA8BE #6F81BE

triadic

#6FA8BE #BE6FA8 #A8BE6F

tetradic

#6FA8BE #AD6FBE #BE856F #81BE6F

square

#6FA8BE #AD6FBE #BE856F #81BE6F

split-complementary

#6FA8BE #BE6F81 #BEAD6F

monochromatic

#38687B #4B8CA5 #6FA8BE #99C1D1 #C3DBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#6FA8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#6FA8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6FA8BE

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6FA8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6FA8BE	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909CBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FAFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6fa8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(111, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.068 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc1d1',
    500: '#6fa8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6fa8be;
$custom-light: #9cc1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6fa8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 111,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.709,
    "s": 37.799,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7003,
    "c": 0.06759,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6FA8BE

secondary

#D4BEB5

accent

#7A5ACE

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0E1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #6FA8BE

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

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