#6FA8BF#6FA8BF

#6FA8BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.068 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6FA8BF
RGB	rgb(111, 168, 191)
HSL	hsl(197, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 42%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 12%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, -12.57, -17.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 21.66, 234.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.048 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.068 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9589, 35.1443, 54.4850)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#6FA8BF #BF866F

analogous

#6FBFAE #6FA8BF #6F80BF

triadic

#6FA8BF #BF6FA8 #A8BF6F

tetradic

#6FA8BF #AE6FBF #BF866F #80BF6F

square

#6FA8BF #AE6FBF #BF866F #80BF6F

split-complementary

#6FA8BF #BF6F80 #BFAE6F

monochromatic

#37687C #4A8CA7 #6FA8BF #99C2D2 #C4DBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#6FA8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#6FA8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6FA8BF

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6FA8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6FA8BF	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA5C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9CBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EAFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6fa8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(111, 168, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.068 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc1d2',
    500: '#6fa8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6fa8bf;
$custom-light: #9cc1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6fa8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 111,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.25,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70068,
    "c": 0.06831,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6FA8BF

secondary

#D5BEB5

accent

#7B59CE

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0E1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #6FA8BF

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

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