#6DC0DD#6DC0DD

#6DC0DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.091 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC0DD
RGB	rgb(109, 192, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 13.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, -17.45, -22.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 28.30, 231.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.0666 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.091 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2025, 46.1677, 75.2907)
Luminance	0.4617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC0DD #DD8A6D

analogous

#6DDDC2 #6DC0DD #6D88DD

triadic

#6DC0DD #DD6DC0 #C0DD6D

tetradic

#6DC0DD #C26DDD #DD8A6D #88DD6D

square

#6DC0DD #C26DDD #DD8A6D #88DD6D

split-complementary

#6DC0DD #DD6D88 #DDC26D

monochromatic

#2787A8 #3BABD1 #6DC0DD #9FD5E9 #D0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#6DC0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#6DC0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC0DD

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC0DD	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29C9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 192, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.091 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed3e7',
    500: '#6dc0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc0dd;
$custom-light: #9ed3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.536,
    "s": 62.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7659,
    "c": 0.0908,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC0DD

secondary

#E6CAC0

accent

#491CCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC0DD

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

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