#6DC5EB#6DC5EB

#6DC5EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.101 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC5EB
RGB	rgb(109, 197, 235)
HSL	hsl(198, 76%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(198, 54%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 16.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.56, -16.07, -26.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.56, 31.36, 239.18°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.067 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.101 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.2627, 49.1782, 85.8990)
Luminance	0.4918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC5EB #EB936D

analogous

#6DEBD2 #6DC5EB #6D86EB

triadic

#6DC5EB #EB6DC5 #C5EB6D

tetradic

#6DC5EB #D26DEB #EB936D #86EB6D

square

#6DC5EB #D26DEB #EB936D #86EB6D

split-complementary

#6DC5EB #EB6D86 #EBD26D

monochromatic

#1B90C3 #37B0E4 #6DC5EB #A3DAF2 #D9F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#6DC5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#6DC5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC5EB

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC5EB	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 197, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.101 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd6f1',
    500: '#6dc5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc5eb;
$custom-light: #9fd6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.095,
    "s": 75.904,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78274,
    "c": 0.1005,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC5EB

secondary

#EED2C6

accent

#4B0DD8

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC5EB

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

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