#6BC9EE#6BC9EE

#6BC9EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.103 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BC9EE
RGB	rgb(107, 201, 238)
HSL	hsl(197, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(197, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, -17.68, -26.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 32.09, 236.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.21% -0.0717 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(79.21% 0.103 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3768, 51.0683, 88.4963)
Luminance	0.5107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BC9EE #EE906B

analogous

#6BEED2 #6BC9EE #6B87EE

triadic

#6BC9EE #EE6BC9 #C9EE6B

tetradic

#6BC9EE #D26BEE #EE906B #87EE6B

square

#6BC9EE #D26BEE #EE906B #87EE6B

split-complementary

#6BC9EE #EE6B87 #EED26B

monochromatic

#1796C8 #34B5E8 #6BC9EE #A2DDF4 #D9F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#6BC9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#6BC9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BC9EE

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BC9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BC9EE	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B7EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bc9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 201, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.103 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd9f3',
    500: '#6bc9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bc9ee;
$custom-light: #9fd9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bc9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.947,
    "s": 79.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79211,
    "c": 0.10338,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BC9EE

secondary

#C56038

accent

#450ADC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BC9EE

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

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