#6DC6DB#6DC6DB

#6DC6DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.090 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC6DB
RGB	rgb(109, 198, 219)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(191, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 9.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.30, -21.08, -18.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.30, 28.18, 221.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0741 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.09 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2820, 48.7505, 74.3438)
Luminance	0.4875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC6DB #DB826D

analogous

#6DDBB9 #6DC6DB #6D8FDB

triadic

#6DC6DB #DB6DC6 #C6DB6D

tetradic

#6DC6DB #B96DDB #DB826D #8FDB6D

square

#6DC6DB #B96DDB #DB826D #8FDB6D

split-complementary

#6DC6DB #DB6D8F #DBB96D

monochromatic

#298DA5 #3CB3CF #6DC6DB #9ED9E7 #CFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#6DC6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#6DC6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC6DB

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC6DB	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B4DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 198, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.090 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed7e6',
    500: '#6dc6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc6db;
$custom-light: #9ed7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.455,
    "s": 60.44,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77879,
    "c": 0.09038,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC6DB

secondary

#E5C6BF

accent

#3E1DC8

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFC

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC6DB

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

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