#6CC6E9#6CC6E9

#6CC6E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.099 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CC6E9
RGB	rgb(108, 198, 233)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(197, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 15%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, -17.37, -25.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 30.93, 235.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% -0.0696 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.099 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.0808, 49.4559, 84.4560)
Luminance	0.4946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CC6E9 #E98F6C

analogous

#6CE9CE #6CC6E9 #6C88E9

triadic

#6CC6E9 #E96CC6 #C6E96C

tetradic

#6CC6E9 #CE6CE9 #E98F6C #88E96C

square

#6CC6E9 #CE6CE9 #E98F6C #88E96C

split-complementary

#6CC6E9 #E96C88 #E9CE6C

monochromatic

#1C91BE #37B1E1 #6CC6E9 #A1DBF1 #D6EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#6CC6E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#6CC6E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CC6E9

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CC6E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CC6E9	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C2EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B5E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cc6e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 198, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.099 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd7f0',
    500: '#6cc6e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cc6e9;
$custom-light: #9fd7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cc6e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 73.964,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78376,
    "c": 0.09947,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CC6E9

secondary

#ECD0C4

accent

#470FD6

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CC6E9

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

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