#6BC4E5#6BC4E5

#6BC4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.097 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BC4E5
RGB	rgb(107, 196, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(196, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 14.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, -17.68, -24.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 30.28, 234.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% -0.0696 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.097 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9408, 48.2593, 81.3237)
Luminance	0.4826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BC4E5 #E58C6B

analogous

#6BE5C9 #6BC4E5 #6B87E5

triadic

#6BC4E5 #E56BC4 #C4E56B

tetradic

#6BC4E5 #C96BE5 #E58C6B #87E56B

square

#6BC4E5 #C96BE5 #E58C6B #87E56B

split-complementary

#6BC4E5 #E56B87 #E5C96B

monochromatic

#208DB6 #37AFDC #6BC4E5 #9FD9EE #D3EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#6BC4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#6BC4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BC4E5

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BC4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BC4E5	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07CECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bc4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 196, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.097 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed6ed',
    500: '#6bc4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bc4e5;
$custom-light: #9ed6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bc4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.23,
    "s": 70.115,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77724,
    "c": 0.09744,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BC4E5

secondary

#EACDC2

accent

#4713D2

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BC4E5

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

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