#6DC6EC#6DC6EC

#6DC6EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.101 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC6EC
RGB	rgb(109, 198, 236)
HSL	hsl(198, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(198, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 16.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, -16.30, -26.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 31.53, 238.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.0678 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.101 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.6354, 49.6918, 86.7380)
Luminance	0.4970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC6EC #EC936D

analogous

#6DECD3 #6DC6EC #6D86EC

triadic

#6DC6EC #EC6DC6 #C6EC6D

tetradic

#6DC6EC #D36DEC #EC936D #86EC6D

square

#6DC6EC #D36DEC #EC936D #86EC6D

split-complementary

#6DC6EC #EC6D86 #ECD36D

monochromatic

#1A92C5 #37B1E5 #6DC6EC #A3DBF3 #D9F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#6DC6EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#6DC6EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC6EC

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC6EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC6EC	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C3EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B5EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc6ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 198, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.101 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd7f2',
    500: '#6dc6ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc6ec;
$custom-light: #9fd7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc6ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.953,
    "s": 76.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78538,
    "c": 0.1011,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC6EC

secondary

#EED2C7

accent

#4A0CD9

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC6EC

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

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