#6DC5EE#6DC5EE

#6DC5EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.103 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC5EE
RGB	rgb(109, 197, 238)
HSL	hsl(199, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(199, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 17.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, -15.20, -28.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 32.20, 241.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.4% -0.066 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.103 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.6997, 49.3531, 88.2009)
Luminance	0.4936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC5EE #EE966D

analogous

#6DEED7 #6DC5EE #6D84EE

triadic

#6DC5EE #EE6DC5 #C5EE6D

tetradic

#6DC5EE #D76DEE #EE966D #84EE6D

square

#6DC5EE #D76DEE #EE966D #84EE6D

split-complementary

#6DC5EE #EE6D84 #EED76D

monochromatic

#1791C9 #36AFE8 #6DC5EE #A4DBF4 #DBF1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#6DC5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#6DC5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC5EE

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC5EE	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 197, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.103 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d6f3',
    500: '#6dc5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc5ee;
$custom-light: #a0d6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.07,
    "s": 79.141,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78396,
    "c": 0.10291,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC5EE

secondary

#EFD4C8

accent

#4D0ADB

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC5EE

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

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