#6CC5E7#6CC5E7

#6CC5E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.098 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CC5E7
RGB	rgb(108, 197, 231)
HSL	hsl(197, 72%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 14.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, -17.42, -25.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 30.52, 235.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% -0.0692 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.098 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.5689, 48.8866, 82.8840)
Luminance	0.4889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CC5E7 #E78E6C

analogous

#6CE7CB #6CC5E7 #6C88E7

triadic

#6CC5E7 #E76CC5 #C5E76C

tetradic

#6CC5E7 #CB6CE7 #E78E6C #88E76C

square

#6CC5E7 #CB6CE7 #E78E6C #88E76C

split-complementary

#6CC5E7 #E76C88 #E7CB6C

monochromatic

#1E8FBA #37B0DE #6CC5E7 #A1DAF0 #D5EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#6CC5E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#6CC5E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CC5E7

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CC5E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CC5E7	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C1E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B4E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cc5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 197, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.098 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed6ee',
    500: '#6cc5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cc5e7;
$custom-light: #9ed6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cc5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.585,
    "s": 71.93,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78071,
    "c": 0.09813,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CC5E7

secondary

#EBCEC3

accent

#4712D4

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CC5E7

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

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