#6CC4E9#6CC4E9

#6CC4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.100 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CC4E9
RGB	rgb(108, 196, 233)
HSL	hsl(198, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(198, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, -16.33, -26.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 31.10, 238.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0674 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.1 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6267, 48.5476, 84.3047)
Luminance	0.4855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CC4E9 #E9916C

analogous

#6CE9D0 #6CC4E9 #6C86E9

triadic

#6CC4E9 #E96CC4 #C4E96C

tetradic

#6CC4E9 #D06CE9 #E9916C #86E96C

square

#6CC4E9 #D06CE9 #E9916C #86E96C

split-complementary

#6CC4E9 #E96C86 #E9D06C

monochromatic

#1C8EBE #37AFE1 #6CC4E9 #A1D9F1 #D6EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#6CC4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#6CC4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CC4E9

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CC4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CC4E9	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cc4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 196, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.100 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd6f0',
    500: '#6cc4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cc4e9;
$custom-light: #9fd6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cc4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.76,
    "s": 73.964,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77926,
    "c": 0.09974,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CC4E9

secondary

#ECD0C4

accent

#4A0FD6

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CC4E9

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

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