#6DC4E8#6DC4E8

#6DC4E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.098 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC4E8
RGB	rgb(109, 196, 232)
HSL	hsl(198, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(198, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 15.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, -16.41, -25.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 30.67, 237.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.067 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.098 227)
XYZ	xyz(40.6066, 48.5537, 83.5602)
Luminance	0.4856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC4E8 #E8916D

analogous

#6DE8CF #6DC4E8 #6D87E8

triadic

#6DC4E8 #E86DC4 #C4E86D

tetradic

#6DC4E8 #CF6DE8 #E8916D #87E86D

square

#6DC4E8 #CF6DE8 #E8916D #87E86D

split-complementary

#6DC4E8 #E86D87 #E8CF6D

monochromatic

#1E8EBD #38AFE0 #6DC4E8 #A2D9F0 #D7EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#6DC4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#6DC4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC4E8

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC4E8	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C1EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB3E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 196, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.098 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd6ef',
    500: '#6dc4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc4e8;
$custom-light: #9fd6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.561,
    "s": 72.781,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77928,
    "c": 0.09835,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.48557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC4E8

secondary

#ECD0C5

accent

#4A11D5

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC4E8

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

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