#6BC9EA#6BC9EA

#6BC9EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.101 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BC9EA
RGB	rgb(107, 201, 234)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 14.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.58, -18.83, -24.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.58, 31.18, 232.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% -0.0732 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.101 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.7956, 50.8358, 85.4357)
Luminance	0.5084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BC9EA #EA8C6B

analogous

#6BEACC #6BC9EA #6B89EA

triadic

#6BC9EA #EA6BC9 #C9EA6B

tetradic

#6BC9EA #CC6BEA #EA8C6B #89EA6B

square

#6BC9EA #CC6BEA #EA8C6B #89EA6B

split-complementary

#6BC9EA #EA6B89 #EACC6B

monochromatic

#1B95BF #35B5E2 #6BC9EA #A1DDF2 #D6F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#6BC9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#6BC9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BC9EA

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BC9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BC9EA	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C5EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bc9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 201, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.101 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed9f0',
    500: '#6bc9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bc9ea;
$custom-light: #9ed9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bc9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.591,
    "s": 75.148,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79052,
    "c": 0.10058,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BC9EA

secondary

#BE5D3B

accent

#420ED7

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#0F1416

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BC9EA

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

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