#6BC5E4#6BC5E4

#6BC5E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.097 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BC5E4
RGB	rgb(107, 197, 228)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(195, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 13.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, -18.48, -23.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 30.03, 232.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.071 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.097 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0279, 48.6562, 80.6659)
Luminance	0.4866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BC5E4 #E48A6B

analogous

#6BE4C6 #6BC5E4 #6B88E4

triadic

#6BC5E4 #E46BC5 #C5E46B

tetradic

#6BC5E4 #C66BE4 #E48A6B #88E46B

square

#6BC5E4 #C66BE4 #E48A6B #88E46B

split-complementary

#6BC5E4 #E46B88 #E4C66B

monochromatic

#218EB4 #37B1DB #6BC5E4 #9FD9ED #D3EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#6BC5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#6BC5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BC5E4

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BC5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BC5E4	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C1E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0ACFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bc5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 197, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.097 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed6ec',
    500: '#6bc5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bc5e4;
$custom-light: #9ed6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bc5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.372,
    "s": 69.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77911,
    "c": 0.09672,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BC5E4

secondary

#EACCC1

accent

#4514D1

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BC5E4

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

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