#6BC4E4#6BC4E4

#6BC4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.097 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BC4E4
RGB	rgb(107, 196, 228)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(196, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 14%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, -17.97, -24.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 30.06, 233.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% -0.0699 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.097 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8016, 48.2036, 80.5905)
Luminance	0.4821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BC4E4 #E48B6B

analogous

#6BE4C8 #6BC4E4 #6B87E4

triadic

#6BC4E4 #E46BC4 #C4E46B

tetradic

#6BC4E4 #C86BE4 #E48B6B #87E46B

square

#6BC4E4 #C86BE4 #E48B6B #87E46B

split-complementary

#6BC4E4 #E46B87 #E4C86B

monochromatic

#218DB4 #37AFDB #6BC4E4 #9FD9ED #D3EDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#6BC4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#6BC4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BC4E4

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BC4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BC4E4	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C0E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0CCECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bc4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 196, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.097 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed6ec',
    500: '#6bc4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bc4e4;
$custom-light: #9ed6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bc4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.868,
    "s": 69.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77685,
    "c": 0.09675,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BC4E4

secondary

#EACCC1

accent

#4614D1

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BC4E4

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

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