#6CC5ED#6CC5ED

#6CC5ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.103 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CC5ED
RGB	rgb(108, 197, 237)
HSL	hsl(199, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(199, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 16.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, -15.70, -27.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 32.07, 240.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% -0.067 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.103 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.4309, 49.2314, 87.4236)
Luminance	0.4924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CC5ED #ED946C

analogous

#6CEDD5 #6CC5ED #6C84ED

triadic

#6CC5ED #ED6CC5 #C5ED6C

tetradic

#6CC5ED #D56CED #ED946C #84ED6C

square

#6CC5ED #D56CED #ED946C #84ED6C

split-complementary

#6CC5ED #ED6C84 #EDD56C

monochromatic

#1890C6 #35AFE6 #6CC5ED #A3DBF4 #D9F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#6CC5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#6CC5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CC5ED

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CC5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CC5ED	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cc5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 197, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.103 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd6f3',
    500: '#6cc5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cc5ed;
$custom-light: #9fd6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cc5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.605,
    "s": 78.182,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78313,
    "c": 0.10271,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CC5ED

secondary

#EED3C6

accent

#4B0BDA

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CC5ED

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

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