#6BC9F0#6BC9F0

#6BC9F0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.105 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BC9F0
RGB	rgb(107, 201, 240)
HSL	hsl(198, 82%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(198, 55%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 16.3%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -17.11, -27.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 32.60, 238.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% -0.071 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.105 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.6722, 51.1865, 90.0524)
Luminance	0.5119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BC9F0 #F0926B

analogous

#6BF0D4 #6BC9F0 #6B86F0

triadic

#6BC9F0 #F06BC9 #C9F06B

tetradic

#6BC9F0 #D46BF0 #F0926B #86F06B

square

#6BC9F0 #D46BF0 #F0926B #86F06B

split-complementary

#6BC9F0 #F06B86 #F0D46B

monochromatic

#1596CC #33B5EA #6BC9F0 #A3DDF6 #DAF2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#6BC9F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#6BC9F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BC9F0

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BC9F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BC9F0	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C6F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B7F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bc9f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 201, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.105 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd9f5',
    500: '#6bc9f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bc9f0;
$custom-light: #9fd9f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bc9f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.594,
    "s": 81.595,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79291,
    "c": 0.10488,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BC9F0

secondary

#C86237

accent

#4608DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BC9F0

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

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