#6CC9DD#6CC9DD

#6CC9DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.093 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CC9DD
RGB	rgb(108, 201, 221)
HSL	hsl(191, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(191, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, -22.26, -18.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 28.92, 219.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.0774 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.093 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.1171, 50.1784, 75.9639)
Luminance	0.5018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CC9DD #DD806C

analogous

#6CDDB8 #6CC9DD #6C91DD

triadic

#6CC9DD #DD6CC9 #C9DD6C

tetradic

#6CC9DD #B86CDD #DD806C #91DD6C

square

#6CC9DD #B86CDD #DD806C #91DD6C

split-complementary

#6CC9DD #DD6C91 #DDB86C

monochromatic

#2791A8 #3AB7D2 #6CC9DD #9EDBE8 #CFEEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#6CC9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#6CC9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CC9DD

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CC9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CC9DD	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20D1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cc9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 201, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.093 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed9e7',
    500: '#6cc9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cc9dd;
$custom-light: #9ed9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cc9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.619,
    "s": 62.431,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78596,
    "c": 0.09273,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CC9DD

secondary

#AA5543

accent

#3A1BCA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#808384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CC9DD

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

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