#6DC4E7#6DC4E7

#6DC4E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.098 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC4E7
RGB	rgb(109, 196, 231)
HSL	hsl(197, 72%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(197, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 15.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, -16.69, -25.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 30.42, 236.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.0674 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.098 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.4650, 48.4971, 82.8143)
Luminance	0.4850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC4E7 #E7906D

analogous

#6DE7CD #6DC4E7 #6D87E7

triadic

#6DC4E7 #E76DC4 #C4E76D

tetradic

#6DC4E7 #CD6DE7 #E7906D #87E76D

square

#6DC4E7 #CD6DE7 #E7906D #87E76D

split-complementary

#6DC4E7 #E76D87 #E7CD6D

monochromatic

#1F8EBB #38AFDE #6DC4E7 #A2D9F0 #D6EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#6DC4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#6DC4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC4E7

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC4E7	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C1E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB3E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 196, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.098 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd6ee',
    500: '#6dc4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc4e7;
$custom-light: #9fd6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.213,
    "s": 71.765,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77888,
    "c": 0.0976,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC4E7

secondary

#ECD0C4

accent

#4912D4

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC4E7

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

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