#6FB5CE#6FB5CE

#6FB5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.079 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6FB5CE
RGB	rgb(111, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 46%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.1%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -15.40, -19.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 24.85, 231.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.058 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.079 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2159, 40.8809, 64.4683)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6FB5CE #CE886F

analogous

#6FCEB7 #6FB5CE #6F86CE

triadic

#6FB5CE #CE6FB5 #B5CE6F

tetradic

#6FB5CE #B76FCE #CE886F #86CE6F

square

#6FB5CE #B76FCE #CE886F #86CE6F

split-complementary

#6FB5CE #CE6F86 #CEB76F

monochromatic

#317891 #419EBE #6FB5CE #9DCCDE #CAE4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#6FB5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#6FB5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6FB5CE

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6FB5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6FB5CE	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6fb5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(111, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.079 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcbdd',
    500: '#6fb5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6fb5ce;
$custom-light: #9dcbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6fb5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 111,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 49.223,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73604,
    "c": 0.07916,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6FB5CE

secondary

#DEC4BB

accent

#5029BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FB

border

#CDD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6FB5CE

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

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