#6DC4E5#6DC4E5

#6DC4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.096 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC4E5
RGB	rgb(109, 196, 229)
HSL	hsl(197, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 14.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, -17.26, -24.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 29.94, 234.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0681 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.096 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.1841, 48.3847, 81.3351)
Luminance	0.4839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC4E5 #E58E6D

analogous

#6DE5CA #6DC4E5 #6D88E5

triadic

#6DC4E5 #E56DC4 #C4E56D

tetradic

#6DC4E5 #CA6DE5 #E58E6D #88E56D

square

#6DC4E5 #CA6DE5 #E58E6D #88E56D

split-complementary

#6DC4E5 #E56D88 #E5CA6D

monochromatic

#218EB7 #39AFDC #6DC4E5 #A1D9EE #D5EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#6DC4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#6DC4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC4E5

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC4E5	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19CECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 196, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.096 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd6ed',
    500: '#6dc4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc4e5;
$custom-light: #9fd6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.5,
    "s": 69.767,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77809,
    "c": 0.09615,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC4E5

secondary

#EACEC3

accent

#4814D2

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC4E5

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

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