#6DC5EF#6DC5EF

#6DC5EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.104 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC5EF
RGB	rgb(109, 197, 239)
HSL	hsl(199, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(199, 54%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 17.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.71, -14.91, -28.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.71, 32.49, 242.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% -0.0656 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.104 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.8470, 49.4120, 88.9768)
Luminance	0.4942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC5EF #EF976D

analogous

#6DEFD8 #6DC5EF #6D84EF

triadic

#6DC5EF #EF6DC5 #C5EF6D

tetradic

#6DC5EF #D86DEF #EF976D #84EF6D

square

#6DC5EF #D86DEF #EF976D #84EF6D

split-complementary

#6DC5EF #EF6D84 #EFD86D

monochromatic

#1691CB #36AFE9 #6DC5EF #A4DBF5 #DBF1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#6DC5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#6DC5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC5EF

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC5EF	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 197, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.104 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d6f4',
    500: '#6dc5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc5ef;
$custom-light: #a0d6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.385,
    "s": 80.247,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78437,
    "c": 0.10375,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC5EF

secondary

#F0D5C8

accent

#4D09DD

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC5EF

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

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