#6CC4E4#6CC4E4

#6CC4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.096 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CC4E4
RGB	rgb(108, 196, 228)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(196, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 14%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, -17.76, -24.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 29.88, 233.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.0692 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.096 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9225, 48.2660, 80.5962)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CC4E4 #E48C6C

analogous

#6CE4C8 #6CC4E4 #6C88E4

triadic

#6CC4E4 #E46CC4 #C4E46C

tetradic

#6CC4E4 #C86CE4 #E48C6C #88E46C

square

#6CC4E4 #C86CE4 #E48C6C #88E46C

split-complementary

#6CC4E4 #E46C88 #E4C86C

monochromatic

#218DB4 #38AFDB #6CC4E4 #A0D9ED #D3EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#6CC4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#6CC4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CC4E4

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CC4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CC4E4	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C0E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14CECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cc4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 196, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.096 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed6ec',
    500: '#6cc4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cc4e4;
$custom-light: #9ed6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cc4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 68.966,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77727,
    "c": 0.0961,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CC4E4

secondary

#EACDC2

accent

#4715D1

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CC4E4

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

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