#6BC5EC#6BC5EC

#6BC5EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.103 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BC5EC
RGB	rgb(107, 197, 236)
HSL	hsl(198, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(198, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, -16.19, -27.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 31.95, 239.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% -0.0681 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.103 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.1642, 49.1107, 86.6506)
Luminance	0.4911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BC5EC #EC926B

analogous

#6BECD3 #6BC5EC #6B84EC

triadic

#6BC5EC #EC6BC5 #C5EC6B

tetradic

#6BC5EC #D36BEC #EC926B #84EC6B

square

#6BC5EC #D36BEC #EC926B #84EC6B

split-complementary

#6BC5EC #EC6B84 #ECD36B

monochromatic

#1990C4 #35B0E5 #6BC5EC #A1DAF3 #D7F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#6BC5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#6BC5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BC5EC

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BC5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BC5EC	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bc5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 197, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.103 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed6f2',
    500: '#6bc5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bc5ec;
$custom-light: #9ed6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bc5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.14,
    "s": 77.246,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78231,
    "c": 0.10252,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BC5EC

secondary

#EED1C5

accent

#4A0CD9

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BC5EC

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

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