#6BC4E9#6BC4E9

#6BC4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.100 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BC4E9
RGB	rgb(107, 196, 233)
HSL	hsl(198, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(198, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -16.53, -26.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 31.26, 238.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0681 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.1 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5057, 48.4852, 84.2990)
Luminance	0.4849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BC4E9 #E9906B

analogous

#6BE9CF #6BC4E9 #6B85E9

triadic

#6BC4E9 #E96BC4 #C4E96B

tetradic

#6BC4E9 #CF6BE9 #E9906B #85E96B

square

#6BC4E9 #CF6BE9 #E9906B #85E96B

split-complementary

#6BC4E9 #E96B85 #E9CF6B

monochromatic

#1C8EBD #36AFE1 #6BC4E9 #A0D9F1 #D6EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#6BC4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#6BC4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BC4E9

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BC4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BC4E9	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bc4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 196, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.100 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed6f0',
    500: '#6bc4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bc4e9;
$custom-light: #9ed6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bc4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.619,
    "s": 74.118,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77884,
    "c": 0.10037,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BC4E9

secondary

#ECD0C4

accent

#4A0FD6

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BC4E9

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

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