#6CC8E1#6CC8E1

#6CC8E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.094 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CC8E1
RGB	rgb(108, 200, 225)
HSL	hsl(193, 66%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(193, 52%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 11.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.03, -20.65, -20.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.03, 29.34, 225.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% -0.0748 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.094 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4240, 49.9294, 78.7266)
Luminance	0.4993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CC8E1 #E1856C

analogous

#6CE1C0 #6CC8E1 #6C8DE1

triadic

#6CC8E1 #E16CC8 #C8E16C

tetradic

#6CC8E1 #C06CE1 #E1856C #8DE16C

square

#6CC8E1 #C06CE1 #E1856C #8DE16C

split-complementary

#6CC8E1 #E16C8D #E1C06C

monochromatic

#2491AF #39B5D7 #6CC8E1 #9FDBEB #D2EEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#6CC8E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#6CC8E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CC8E1

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CC8E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CC8E1	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C3E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B6E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18D1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cc8e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 200, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.094 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed8ea',
    500: '#6cc8e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cc8e1;
$custom-light: #9ed8ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cc8e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.821,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78518,
    "c": 0.09444,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CC8E1

secondary

#E8C9C1

accent

#3F18CE

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CC8E1

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

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