#6DC4EC#6DC4EC

#6DC4EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.102 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC4EC
RGB	rgb(109, 196, 236)
HSL	hsl(199, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(199, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 16.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.32, -15.26, -27.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.32, 31.76, 241.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.0656 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.102 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.1812, 48.7836, 86.5866)
Luminance	0.4879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC4EC #EC956D

analogous

#6DECD5 #6DC4EC #6D84EC

triadic

#6DC4EC #EC6DC4 #C4EC6D

tetradic

#6DC4EC #D56DEC #EC956D #84EC6D

square

#6DC4EC #D56DEC #EC956D #84EC6D

split-complementary

#6DC4EC #EC6D84 #ECD56D

monochromatic

#1A8FC5 #37AEE5 #6DC4EC #A3DAF3 #D9F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#6DC4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#6DC4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC4EC

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC4EC	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 196, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.102 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd5f2',
    500: '#6dc4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc4ec;
$custom-light: #9fd5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.898,
    "s": 76.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7809,
    "c": 0.10151,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC4EC

secondary

#EED3C7

accent

#4D0CD9

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC4EC

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

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