#6DC6E9#6DC6E9

#6DC6E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.099 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC6E9
RGB	rgb(109, 198, 233)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(197, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 15%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.77, -17.16, -25.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.77, 30.77, 236.10°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.0689 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.099 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2032, 49.5189, 84.4618)
Luminance	0.4952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC6E9 #E9906D

analogous

#6DE9CE #6DC6E9 #6D88E9

triadic

#6DC6E9 #E96DC6 #C6E96D

tetradic

#6DC6E9 #CE6DE9 #E9906D #88E96D

square

#6DC6E9 #CE6DE9 #E9906D #88E96D

split-complementary

#6DC6E9 #E96D88 #E9CE6D

monochromatic

#1D91BF #38B1E1 #6DC6E9 #A2DBF1 #D7F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#6DC6E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#6DC6E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC6E9

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC6E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC6E9	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C2EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B5E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0AD0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc6e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 198, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.099 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd7f0',
    500: '#6dc6e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc6e9;
$custom-light: #9fd7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc6e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.935,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78418,
    "c": 0.09884,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC6E9

secondary

#EDD0C5

accent

#4810D6

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC6E9

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

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