#6DC4E1#6DC4E1

#6DC4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.093 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC4E1
RGB	rgb(109, 196, 225)
HSL	hsl(195, 66%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 52%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 12.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.93, -18.39, -22.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.93, 29.07, 230.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.0696 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.093 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6320, 48.1639, 78.4276)
Luminance	0.4817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC4E1 #E18A6D

analogous

#6DE1C4 #6DC4E1 #6D8AE1

triadic

#6DC4E1 #E16DC4 #C4E16D

tetradic

#6DC4E1 #C46DE1 #E18A6D #8AE16D

square

#6DC4E1 #C46DE1 #E18A6D #8AE16D

split-complementary

#6DC4E1 #E16D8A #E1C46D

monochromatic

#248DB0 #3AAFD7 #6DC4E1 #A0D9EB #D3EDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#6DC4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#6DC4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC4E1

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC4E1	1.00	1.97	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C0E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21CDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 196, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.093 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed6ea',
    500: '#6dc4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc4e1;
$custom-light: #9ed6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 65.909,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77652,
    "c": 0.09345,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC4E1

secondary

#E8CBC1

accent

#4518CE

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC4E1

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

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