#6DC4E3#6DC4E3

#6DC4E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.095 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC4E3
RGB	rgb(109, 196, 227)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(196, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 13.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -17.83, -23.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 29.48, 232.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.0689 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.095 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9065, 48.2737, 79.8729)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC4E3 #E38C6D

analogous

#6DE3C7 #6DC4E3 #6D89E3

triadic

#6DC4E3 #E36DC4 #C4E36D

tetradic

#6DC4E3 #C76DE3 #E38C6D #89E36D

square

#6DC4E3 #C76DE3 #E38C6D #89E36D

split-complementary

#6DC4E3 #E36D89 #E3C76D

monochromatic

#228DB3 #3AAFD9 #6DC4E3 #A0D9ED #D4EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#6DC4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#6DC4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC4E3

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC4E3	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C0E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DCECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 196, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.095 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd6eb',
    500: '#6dc4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc4e3;
$custom-light: #9fd6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.763,
    "s": 67.816,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7773,
    "c": 0.09476,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC4E3

secondary

#E9CDC2

accent

#4716D0

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC4E3

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

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