#6BC5EE#6BC5EE

#6BC5EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.104 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BC5EE
RGB	rgb(107, 197, 238)
HSL	hsl(199, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(199, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 17.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.59, -15.61, -28.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.59, 32.50, 241.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% -0.0674 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.104 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.4564, 49.2276, 88.1895)
Luminance	0.4923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BC5EE #EE946B

analogous

#6BEED6 #6BC5EE #6B83EE

triadic

#6BC5EE #EE6BC5 #C5EE6B

tetradic

#6BC5EE #D66BEE #EE946B #83EE6B

square

#6BC5EE #D66BEE #EE946B #83EE6B

split-complementary

#6BC5EE #EE6B83 #EED66B

monochromatic

#1790C8 #34AFE8 #6BC5EE #A2DBF4 #D9F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#6BC5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#6BC5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BC5EE

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BC5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BC5EE	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bc5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 197, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.104 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd6f3',
    500: '#6bc5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bc5ee;
$custom-light: #9fd6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bc5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.779,
    "s": 79.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78312,
    "c": 0.10412,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BC5EE

secondary

#EFD3C6

accent

#4B0ADC

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BC5EE

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

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