#6DC4E6#6DC4E6

#6DC4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.097 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC4E6
RGB	rgb(109, 196, 230)
HSL	hsl(197, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 14.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, -16.98, -24.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 30.17, 235.76°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.0677 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.097 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3241, 48.4407, 82.0726)
Luminance	0.4844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC4E6 #E68F6D

analogous

#6DE6CC #6DC4E6 #6D88E6

triadic

#6DC4E6 #E66DC4 #C4E66D

tetradic

#6DC4E6 #CC6DE6 #E68F6D #88E66D

square

#6DC4E6 #CC6DE6 #E68F6D #88E66D

split-complementary

#6DC4E6 #E66D88 #E6CC6D

monochromatic

#208EB9 #39AFDD #6DC4E6 #A1D9EF #D6EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#6DC4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#6DC4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC4E6

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC4E6	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C0E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 196, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.097 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd6ee',
    500: '#6dc4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc4e6;
$custom-light: #9fd6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.86,
    "s": 70.76,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77848,
    "c": 0.09687,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC4E6

secondary

#EBCFC4

accent

#4913D3

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC4E6

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

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