#6FB4E6#6FB4E6

#6FB4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.101 H 241.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6FB4E6
RGB	rgb(111, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(205, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(205, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -8.06, -31.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 32.73, 255.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0483 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.101 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1546, 41.7322, 80.9448)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6FB4E6 #E6A16F

analogous

#6FE6DC #6FB4E6 #6F79E6

triadic

#6FB4E6 #E66FB4 #B4E66F

tetradic

#6FB4E6 #DC6FE6 #E6A16F #79E66F

square

#6FB4E6 #DC6FE6 #E6A16F #79E66F

split-complementary

#6FB4E6 #E66F79 #E6DC6F

monochromatic

#207ABA #3B99DD #6FB4E6 #A3CFEF #D7EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#6FB4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#6FB4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6FB4E6

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6FB4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6FB4E6	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AC0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6fb4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(111, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.101 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcaee',
    500: '#6fb4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6fb4e6;
$custom-light: #9fcaee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6fb4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 111,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.21,
    "s": 70.414,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74365,
    "c": 0.10081,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6FB4E6

secondary

#EBD5C5

accent

#6313D2

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6FB4E6

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

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