#6BC9DD#6BC9DD

#6BC9DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.093 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BC9DD
RGB	rgb(107, 201, 221)
HSL	hsl(191, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(191, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, -22.47, -18.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 29.12, 219.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.0781 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.093 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.9961, 50.1160, 75.9582)
Luminance	0.5012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BC9DD #DD7F6B

analogous

#6BDDB8 #6BC9DD #6B90DD

triadic

#6BC9DD #DD6BC9 #C9DD6B

tetradic

#6BC9DD #B86BDD #DD7F6B #90DD6B

square

#6BC9DD #B86BDD #DD7F6B #90DD6B

split-complementary

#6BC9DD #DD6B90 #DDB86B

monochromatic

#2691A7 #39B7D2 #6BC9DD #9DDBE8 #CFEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#6BC9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#6BC9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BC9DD

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BC9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BC9DD	1.00	1.90	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AD1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bc9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 201, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.093 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dd9e7',
    500: '#6bc9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bc9dd;
$custom-light: #9dd9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bc9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.526,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78555,
    "c": 0.09341,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BC9DD

secondary

#AA5442

accent

#3A1BCA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FBFC

border

#CFD4D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#808384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BC9DD

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

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