#6BC9E5#6BC9E5

#6BC9E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.097 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BC9E5
RGB	rgb(107, 201, 229)
HSL	hsl(194, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(194, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 12.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, -20.25, -22.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 30.21, 227.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.0751 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.097 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.0874, 50.5526, 81.7059)
Luminance	0.5056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BC9E5 #E5876B

analogous

#6BE5C4 #6BC9E5 #6B8CE5

triadic

#6BC9E5 #E56BC9 #C9E56B

tetradic

#6BC9E5 #C46BE5 #E5876B #8CE56B

square

#6BC9E5 #C46BE5 #E5876B #8CE56B

split-complementary

#6BC9E5 #E56B8C #E5C46B

monochromatic

#2093B6 #37B6DC #6BC9E5 #9FDCEE #D3EFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#6BC9E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#6BC9E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BC9E5

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BC9E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BC9E5	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bc9e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 201, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.097 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed9ed',
    500: '#6bc9e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bc9e5;
$custom-light: #9ed9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bc9e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.77,
    "s": 70.115,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78857,
    "c": 0.09745,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BC9E5

secondary

#B65A3E

accent

#3F13D2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFD

border

#D0D4D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#808384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BC9E5

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

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