#6DC5EC#6DC5EC

#6DC5EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.101 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC5EC
RGB	rgb(109, 197, 236)
HSL	hsl(198, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(198, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, -15.78, -27.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 31.64, 240.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% -0.0667 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.101 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.4075, 49.2362, 86.6621)
Luminance	0.4924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC5EC #EC946D

analogous

#6DECD3 #6DC5EC #6D86EC

triadic

#6DC5EC #EC6DC5 #C5EC6D

tetradic

#6DC5EC #D36DEC #EC946D #86EC6D

square

#6DC5EC #D36DEC #EC946D #86EC6D

split-complementary

#6DC5EC #EC6D86 #ECD36D

monochromatic

#1A90C5 #37AFE5 #6DC5EC #A3DBF3 #D9F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#6DC5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#6DC5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC5EC

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC5EC	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 197, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.101 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd6f2',
    500: '#6dc5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc5ec;
$custom-light: #9fd6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.425,
    "s": 76.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78314,
    "c": 0.10129,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC5EC

secondary

#EED3C7

accent

#4B0CD9

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC5EC

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

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