#6CC4E6#6CC4E6

#6CC4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.098 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CC4E6
RGB	rgb(108, 196, 230)
HSL	hsl(197, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 14.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.06, -17.19, -25.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.06, 30.34, 235.50°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0685 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.098 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2018, 48.3776, 82.0668)
Luminance	0.4838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CC4E6 #E68E6C

analogous

#6CE6CB #6CC4E6 #6C87E6

triadic

#6CC4E6 #E66CC4 #C4E66C

tetradic

#6CC4E6 #CB6CE6 #E68E6C #87E66C

square

#6CC4E6 #CB6CE6 #E68E6C #87E66C

split-complementary

#6CC4E6 #E66C87 #E6CB6C

monochromatic

#1F8EB8 #38AFDD #6CC4E6 #A0D9EF #D5EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#6CC4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#6CC4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CC4E6

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CC4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CC4E6	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C0E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0ECECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cc4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 196, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.098 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed6ee',
    500: '#6cc4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cc4e6;
$custom-light: #9ed6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cc4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.721,
    "s": 70.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77806,
    "c": 0.09751,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CC4E6

secondary

#EBCEC3

accent

#4813D3

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CC4E6

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

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