#6DC4E9#6DC4E9

#6DC4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.099 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC4E9
RGB	rgb(109, 196, 233)
HSL	hsl(198, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(198, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -16.12, -26.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 30.93, 238.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.0667 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.099 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7490, 48.6107, 84.3104)
Luminance	0.4861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC4E9 #E9926D

analogous

#6DE9D0 #6DC4E9 #6D86E9

triadic

#6DC4E9 #E96DC4 #C4E96D

tetradic

#6DC4E9 #D06DE9 #E9926D #86E96D

square

#6DC4E9 #D06DE9 #E9926D #86E96D

split-complementary

#6DC4E9 #E96D86 #E9D06D

monochromatic

#1D8EBF #38AFE1 #6DC4E9 #A2D9F1 #D7EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#6DC4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#6DC4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC4E9

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC4E9	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DCFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 196, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.099 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd6f0',
    500: '#6dc4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc4e9;
$custom-light: #9fd6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.903,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77968,
    "c": 0.09911,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC4E9

secondary

#EDD1C5

accent

#4B10D6

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC4E9

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

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