#6DC4DD#6DC4DD

#6DC4DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.091 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC4DD
RGB	rgb(109, 196, 221)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(193, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 11.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, -19.51, -20.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 28.33, 226.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.0711 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.091 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0928, 47.9482, 75.5874)
Luminance	0.4795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC4DD #DD866D

analogous

#6DDDBE #6DC4DD #6D8CDD

triadic

#6DC4DD #DD6DC4 #C4DD6D

tetradic

#6DC4DD #BE6DDD #DD866D #8CDD6D

square

#6DC4DD #BE6DDD #DD866D #8CDD6D

split-complementary

#6DC4DD #DD6D8C #DDBE6D

monochromatic

#278CA8 #3BB0D1 #6DC4DD #9FD8E9 #D0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#6DC4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#6DC4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC4DD

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC4DD	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27CDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 196, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.091 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed6e7',
    500: '#6dc4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc4dd;
$custom-light: #9ed6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.393,
    "s": 62.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77498,
    "c": 0.09105,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC4DD

secondary

#E6C8C0

accent

#421CCA

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFC

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC4DD

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

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