#6DC6E4#6DC6E4

#6DC6E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.095 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC6E4
RGB	rgb(109, 198, 228)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(195, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 13.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, -18.58, -23.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 29.65, 231.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.0707 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.095 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.4990, 49.2373, 80.7533)
Luminance	0.4924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC6E4 #E48B6D

analogous

#6DE4C6 #6DC6E4 #6D8AE4

triadic

#6DC6E4 #E46DC6 #C6E46D

tetradic

#6DC6E4 #C66DE4 #E48B6D #8AE46D

square

#6DC6E4 #C66DE4 #E48B6D #8AE46D

split-complementary

#6DC6E4 #E46D8A #E4C66D

monochromatic

#2190B5 #39B2DA #6DC6E4 #A1DAEE #D4EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#6DC6E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#6DC6E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC6E4

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC6E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC6E4	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)

#B4C2E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B5E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19D0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc6e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 198, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.095 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd7ec',
    500: '#6dc6e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc6e4;
$custom-light: #9fd7ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc6e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.126,
    "s": 68.786,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78221,
    "c": 0.0954,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC6E4

secondary

#EACDC3

accent

#4415D1

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC6E4

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

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