#6AD5EE#6AD5EE

#6AD5EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.104 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AD5EE
RGB	rgb(106, 213, 238)
HSL	hsl(191, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(191, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 10.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.08, -23.96, -21.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.08, 32.31, 222.12°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% -0.0853 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.104 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.1646, 56.8215, 89.4598)
Luminance	0.5683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AD5EE #EE836A

analogous

#6AEEC5 #6AD5EE #6A93EE

triadic

#6AD5EE #EE6AD5 #D5EE6A

tetradic

#6AD5EE #C56AEE #EE836A #93EE6A

square

#6AD5EE #C56AEE #EE836A #93EE6A

split-complementary

#6AD5EE #EE6A93 #EEC56A

monochromatic

#17A6C7 #33C6E8 #6AD5EE #A1E4F4 #D8F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#6AD5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#6AD5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AD5EE

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AD5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AD5EE	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC0EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ad5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 213, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.104 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fe2f3',
    500: '#6ad5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ad5ee;
$custom-light: #9fe2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ad5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.364,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81886,
    "c": 0.10431,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AD5EE

secondary

#C45238

accent

#310ADC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AD5EE

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

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