#61C9EF#61C9EF

#61C9EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.110 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#61C9EF
RGB	rgb(97, 201, 239)
HSL	hsl(196, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 15.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -19.29, -27.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 33.87, 235.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.87% -0.078 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(78.87% 0.11 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3903, 50.5426, 89.2190)
Luminance	0.5055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#61C9EF #EF8761

analogous

#61EFCE #61C9EF #6182EF

triadic

#61C9EF #EF61C9 #C9EF61

tetradic

#61C9EF #CE61EF #EF8761 #82EF61

square

#61C9EF #CE61EF #EF8761 #82EF61

split-complementary

#61C9EF #EF6182 #EFCE61

monochromatic

#1493C2 #29B6E9 #61C9EF #99DCF5 #D0EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#61C9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#61C9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #61C9EF

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##61C9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##61C9EF	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B6EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #61c9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(97, 201, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.110 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ad9f4',
    500: '#61c9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #61c9ef;
$custom-light: #9ad9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#61c9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 97,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.056,
    "s": 81.609,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78869,
    "c": 0.10998,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#61C9EF

secondary

#C05A34

accent

#4108DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #61C9EF

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

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