#6DC5E4#6DC5E4

#6DC5E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.095 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC5E4
RGB	rgb(109, 197, 228)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(196, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 13.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.32, -18.06, -23.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.32, 29.67, 232.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.0696 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.095 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2712, 48.7817, 80.6773)
Luminance	0.4879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC5E4 #E48C6D

analogous

#6DE4C7 #6DC5E4 #6D89E4

triadic

#6DC5E4 #E46DC5 #C5E46D

tetradic

#6DC5E4 #C76DE4 #E48C6D #89E46D

square

#6DC5E4 #C76DE4 #E48C6D #89E46D

split-complementary

#6DC5E4 #E46D89 #E4C76D

monochromatic

#218FB5 #39B0DA #6DC5E4 #A1DAEE #D4EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#6DC5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#6DC5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC5E4

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC5E4	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)

#B3C1E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B4E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1ACFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 197, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.095 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd6ec',
    500: '#6dc5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc5e4;
$custom-light: #9fd6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.63,
    "s": 68.786,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77995,
    "c": 0.09541,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC5E4

secondary

#EACDC3

accent

#4615D1

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC5E4

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

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