#6DC6DE#6DC6DE

#6DC6DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.092 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC6DE
RGB	rgb(109, 198, 222)
HSL	hsl(193, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(193, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 10.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.40, -20.25, -20.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.40, 28.59, 224.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.073 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.092 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.6805, 48.9099, 76.4426)
Luminance	0.4891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC6DE #DE856D

analogous

#6DDEBD #6DC6DE #6D8EDE

triadic

#6DC6DE #DE6DC6 #C6DE6D

tetradic

#6DC6DE #BD6DDE #DE856D #8EDE6D

square

#6DC6DE #BD6DDE #DE856D #8EDE6D

split-complementary

#6DC6DE #DE6D8E #DEBD6D

monochromatic

#268EAA #3BB3D3 #6DC6DE #9FD9E9 #D1EDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#6DC6DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#6DC6DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC6DE

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC6DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC6DE	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc6de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 198, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.092 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed7e8',
    500: '#6dc6de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc6de;
$custom-light: #9ed7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc6de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.743,
    "s": 63.128,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77991,
    "c": 0.09187,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC6DE

secondary

#E7C8C0

accent

#401BCB

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFC

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC6DE

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

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