#6CC9EA#6CC9EA

#6CC9EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.100 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CC9EA
RGB	rgb(108, 201, 234)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 14.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, -18.63, -24.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 31.01, 233.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.09% -0.0725 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(79.09% 0.1 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9166, 50.8982, 85.4413)
Luminance	0.5090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CC9EA #EA8D6C

analogous

#6CEACC #6CC9EA #6C8AEA

triadic

#6CC9EA #EA6CC9 #C9EA6C

tetradic

#6CC9EA #CC6CEA #EA8D6C #8AEA6C

square

#6CC9EA #CC6CEA #EA8D6C #8AEA6C

split-complementary

#6CC9EA #EA6C8A #EACC6C

monochromatic

#1B95C0 #36B5E2 #6CC9EA #A2DDF2 #D7F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#6CC9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#6CC9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CC9EA

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CC9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CC9EA	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C5EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cc9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 201, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.100 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd9f0',
    500: '#6cc9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cc9ea;
$custom-light: #9fd9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cc9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.714,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79092,
    "c": 0.09995,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CC9EA

secondary

#BF5E3B

accent

#430ED7

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#0F1416

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CC9EA

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

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