#6DC5DC#6DC5DC

#6DC5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.091 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC5DC
RGB	rgb(109, 197, 220)
HSL	hsl(192, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(192, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 10.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.04, -20.29, -19.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.04, 28.23, 224.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% -0.0726 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.091 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1862, 48.3477, 74.9633)
Luminance	0.4835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC5DC #DC846D

analogous

#6DDCBB #6DC5DC #6D8EDC

triadic

#6DC5DC #DC6DC5 #C5DC6D

tetradic

#6DC5DC #BB6DDC #DC846D #8EDC6D

square

#6DC5DC #BB6DDC #DC846D #8EDC6D

split-complementary

#6DC5DC #DC6D8E #DCBB6D

monochromatic

#288CA7 #3CB1D0 #6DC5DC #9ED9E8 #D0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#6DC5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#6DC5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC5DC

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC5DC	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28CDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 197, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.091 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed6e6',
    500: '#6dc5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc5dc;
$custom-light: #9ed6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.432,
    "s": 61.326,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77688,
    "c": 0.09067,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC5DC

secondary

#E6C7BF

accent

#401CC9

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFC

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC5DC

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

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