#6CC9EC#6CC9EC

#6CC9EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.101 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CC9EC
RGB	rgb(108, 201, 236)
HSL	hsl(196, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 14.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -18.06, -25.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 31.45, 234.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.17% -0.0718 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(79.17% 0.101 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.2055, 51.0138, 86.9631)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CC9EC #EC8F6C

analogous

#6CECCF #6CC9EC #6C89EC

triadic

#6CC9EC #EC6CC9 #C9EC6C

tetradic

#6CC9EC #CF6CEC #EC8F6C #89EC6C

square

#6CC9EC #CF6CEC #EC8F6C #89EC6C

split-complementary

#6CC9EC #EC6C89 #ECCF6C

monochromatic

#1996C4 #36B5E5 #6CC9EC #A2DDF3 #D8F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#6CC9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#6CC9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CC9EC

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CC9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CC9EC	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cc9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 201, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.101 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd9f2',
    500: '#6cc9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cc9ec;
$custom-light: #9fd9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cc9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.406,
    "s": 77.108,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79171,
    "c": 0.10134,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CC9EC

secondary

#C25F3A

accent

#440CD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CC9EC

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

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