#6BC4E1#6BC4E1

#6BC4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.095 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BC4E1
RGB	rgb(107, 196, 225)
HSL	hsl(195, 66%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 52%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 12.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, -18.82, -22.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 29.43, 230.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% -0.071 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.095 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.3887, 48.0384, 78.4162)
Luminance	0.4804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BC4E1 #E1886B

analogous

#6BE1C3 #6BC4E1 #6B89E1

triadic

#6BC4E1 #E16BC4 #C4E16B

tetradic

#6BC4E1 #C36BE1 #E1886B #89E16B

square

#6BC4E1 #C36BE1 #E1886B #89E16B

split-complementary

#6BC4E1 #E16B89 #E1C36B

monochromatic

#238CAE #38B0D7 #6BC4E1 #9ED8EB #D1EDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#6BC4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#6BC4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BC4E1

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BC4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BC4E1	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C0E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15CDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bc4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 196, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.095 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dd6ea',
    500: '#6bc4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bc4e1;
$custom-light: #9dd6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bc4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.746,
    "s": 66.292,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77567,
    "c": 0.09478,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BC4E1

secondary

#E8CAC0

accent

#4417CE

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BC4E1

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

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