#6CC4E5#6CC4E5

#6CC4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.097 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CC4E5
RGB	rgb(108, 196, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(196, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 14.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, -17.47, -24.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 30.11, 234.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.0688 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.097 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0618, 48.3216, 81.3294)
Luminance	0.4833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CC4E5 #E58D6C

analogous

#6CE5C9 #6CC4E5 #6C87E5

triadic

#6CC4E5 #E56CC4 #C4E56C

tetradic

#6CC4E5 #C96CE5 #E58D6C #87E56C

square

#6CC4E5 #C96CE5 #E58D6C #87E56C

split-complementary

#6CC4E5 #E56C87 #E5C96C

monochromatic

#208DB6 #38AFDC #6CC4E5 #A0D9EE #D4EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#6CC4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#6CC4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CC4E5

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CC4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CC4E5	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12CECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cc4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 196, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.097 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed6ed',
    500: '#6cc4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cc4e5;
$custom-light: #9ed6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cc4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 69.942,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77766,
    "c": 0.09679,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CC4E5

secondary

#EACDC3

accent

#4714D2

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CC4E5

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

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