#6DC4E4#6DC4E4

#6DC4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.095 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC4E4
RGB	rgb(109, 196, 228)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(196, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 14%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, -17.54, -23.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 29.71, 233.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.0685 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.095 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.0449, 48.3290, 80.6019)
Luminance	0.4833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC4E4 #E48D6D

analogous

#6DE4C8 #6DC4E4 #6D88E4

triadic

#6DC4E4 #E46DC4 #C4E46D

tetradic

#6DC4E4 #C86DE4 #E48D6D #88E46D

square

#6DC4E4 #C86DE4 #E48D6D #88E46D

split-complementary

#6DC4E4 #E46D88 #E4C86D

monochromatic

#218DB5 #39AFDA #6DC4E4 #A1D9EE #D4EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#6DC4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#6DC4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC4E4

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC4E4	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C0E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BCECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 196, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.095 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd6ec',
    500: '#6dc4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc4e4;
$custom-light: #9fd6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.134,
    "s": 68.786,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77769,
    "c": 0.09545,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC4E4

secondary

#EACDC3

accent

#4715D1

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC4E4

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

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