#6BC6E8#6BC6E8

#6BC6E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.099 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BC6E8
RGB	rgb(107, 198, 232)
HSL	hsl(196, 73%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 14.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, -17.86, -25.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 30.87, 234.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% -0.0707 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.099 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.8174, 49.3365, 83.7002)
Luminance	0.4934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BC6E8 #E88D6B

analogous

#6BE8CC #6BC6E8 #6B88E8

triadic

#6BC6E8 #E86BC6 #C6E86B

tetradic

#6BC6E8 #CC6BE8 #E88D6B #88E86B

square

#6BC6E8 #CC6BE8 #E88D6B #88E86B

split-complementary

#6BC6E8 #E86B88 #E8CC6B

monochromatic

#1D90BB #36B2E0 #6BC6E8 #A0DAF0 #D5EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#6BC6E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#6BC6E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BC6E8

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BC6E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BC6E8	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C2EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B4E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bc6e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 198, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.099 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed7ef',
    500: '#6bc6e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bc6e8;
$custom-light: #9ed7ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bc6e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.32,
    "s": 73.099,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78295,
    "c": 0.09939,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BC6E8

secondary

#ECCEC3

accent

#4610D5

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BC6E8

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

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