#6DC6EA#6DC6EA

#6DC6EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.100 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC6EA
RGB	rgb(109, 198, 234)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(197, 53%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 15.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.81, -16.87, -26.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.81, 31.01, 237.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.0685 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.1 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.3464, 49.5762, 85.2162)
Luminance	0.4958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC6EA #EA916D

analogous

#6DEACF #6DC6EA #6D88EA

triadic

#6DC6EA #EA6DC6 #C6EA6D

tetradic

#6DC6EA #CF6DEA #EA916D #88EA6D

square

#6DC6EA #CF6DEA #EA916D #88EA6D

split-complementary

#6DC6EA #EA6D88 #EACF6D

monochromatic

#1C91C1 #37B1E2 #6DC6EA #A3DBF2 #D8F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#6DC6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#6DC6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC6EA

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC6EA	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C3EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 198, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.100 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd7f0',
    500: '#6dc6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc6ea;
$custom-light: #9fd7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.28,
    "s": 74.85,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78458,
    "c": 0.09958,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC6EA

secondary

#EDD1C6

accent

#480ED7

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC6EA

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

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