#6BC9DC#6BC9DC

#6BC9DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.093 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BC9DC
RGB	rgb(107, 201, 220)
HSL	hsl(190, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(190, 51%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, -22.75, -18.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 29.03, 218.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% -0.0785 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.093 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8633, 50.0629, 75.2587)
Luminance	0.5007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BC9DC #DC7E6B

analogous

#6BDCB6 #6BC9DC #6B91DC

triadic

#6BC9DC #DC6BC9 #C9DC6B

tetradic

#6BC9DC #B66BDC #DC7E6B #91DC6B

square

#6BC9DC #B66BDC #DC7E6B #91DC6B

split-complementary

#6BC9DC #DC6B91 #DCB66B

monochromatic

#2790A5 #3AB7D0 #6BC9DC #9CDBE8 #CEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#6BC9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#6BC9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BC9DC

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BC9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BC9DC	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC3DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CD1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bc9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 201, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.093 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dd9e6',
    500: '#6bc9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bc9dc;
$custom-light: #9dd9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bc9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.088,
    "s": 61.749,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78518,
    "c": 0.09299,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BC9DC

secondary

#A85443

accent

#391CC9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FBFC

border

#CFD4D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#808384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BC9DC

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

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