#6DC6E7#6DC6E7

#6DC6E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.097 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC6E7
RGB	rgb(109, 198, 231)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(196, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 14.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.70, -17.73, -24.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.70, 30.29, 234.18°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.0696 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.097 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9191, 49.4053, 82.9656)
Luminance	0.4941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC6E7 #E78E6D

analogous

#6DE7CB #6DC6E7 #6D89E7

triadic

#6DC6E7 #E76DC6 #C6E76D

tetradic

#6DC6E7 #CB6DE7 #E78E6D #89E76D

square

#6DC6E7 #CB6DE7 #E78E6D #89E76D

split-complementary

#6DC6E7 #E76D89 #E7CB6D

monochromatic

#1F91BB #38B1DE #6DC6E7 #A2DBF0 #D6EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#6DC6E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#6DC6E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC6E7

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC6E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC6E7	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)

#B4C2E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B5E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11D0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc6e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 198, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.097 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd7ee',
    500: '#6dc6e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc6e7;
$custom-light: #9fd7ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc6e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.23,
    "s": 71.765,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78339,
    "c": 0.09742,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC6E7

secondary

#ECCFC4

accent

#4612D4

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC6E7

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

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