#6BC4E6#6BC4E6

#6BC4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.098 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BC4E6
RGB	rgb(107, 196, 230)
HSL	hsl(197, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 14.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -17.40, -25.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 30.51, 235.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% -0.0692 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.098 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.0808, 48.3153, 82.0612)
Luminance	0.4832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BC4E6 #E68D6B

analogous

#6BE6CA #6BC4E6 #6B86E6

triadic

#6BC4E6 #E66BC4 #C4E66B

tetradic

#6BC4E6 #CA6BE6 #E68D6B #86E66B

square

#6BC4E6 #CA6BE6 #E68D6B #86E66B

split-complementary

#6BC4E6 #E66B86 #E6CA6B

monochromatic

#1F8DB8 #37AFDD #6BC4E6 #9FD9EF #D4EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#6BC4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#6BC4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BC4E6

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BC4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BC4E6	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C0E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB3E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bc4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 196, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.098 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed6ee',
    500: '#6bc4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bc4e6;
$custom-light: #9ed6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bc4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.585,
    "s": 71.098,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77764,
    "c": 0.09815,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BC4E6

secondary

#EBCDC2

accent

#4812D3

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BC4E6

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

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