#6DC5EA#6DC5EA

#6DC5EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.100 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC5EA
RGB	rgb(109, 197, 234)
HSL	hsl(198, 75%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(198, 53%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 15.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, -16.35, -26.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 31.10, 238.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% -0.0674 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.1 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1186, 49.1206, 85.1403)
Luminance	0.4912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC5EA #EA926D

analogous

#6DEAD0 #6DC5EA #6D87EA

triadic

#6DC5EA #EA6DC5 #C5EA6D

tetradic

#6DC5EA #D06DEA #EA926D #87EA6D

square

#6DC5EA #D06DEA #EA926D #87EA6D

split-complementary

#6DC5EA #EA6D87 #EAD06D

monochromatic

#1C90C1 #37B0E2 #6DC5EA #A3DAF2 #D8F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#6DC5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#6DC5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC5EA

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC5EA	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 197, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.100 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd6f0',
    500: '#6dc5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc5ea;
$custom-light: #9fd6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.76,
    "s": 74.85,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78233,
    "c": 0.09972,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC5EA

secondary

#EDD1C6

accent

#4A0ED7

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC5EA

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

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