#6DC6ED#6DC6ED

#6DC6ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.102 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC6ED
RGB	rgb(109, 198, 237)
HSL	hsl(198, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(198, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.92, -16.01, -27.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.92, 31.80, 239.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% -0.0674 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.102 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.7810, 49.7501, 87.5053)
Luminance	0.4975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC6ED #ED946D

analogous

#6DEDD4 #6DC6ED #6D86ED

triadic

#6DC6ED #ED6DC6 #C6ED6D

tetradic

#6DC6ED #D46DED #ED946D #86ED6D

square

#6DC6ED #D46DED #ED946D #86ED6D

split-complementary

#6DC6ED #ED6D86 #EDD46D

monochromatic

#1992C7 #37B1E6 #6DC6ED #A3DBF4 #DAF1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#6DC6ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#6DC6ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC6ED

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC6ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC6ED	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C3EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B5ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc6ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 198, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.102 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d7f3',
    500: '#6dc6ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc6ed;
$custom-light: #a0d7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc6ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.281,
    "s": 78.049,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78579,
    "c": 0.10189,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC6ED

secondary

#EFD3C7

accent

#4A0BDA

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC6ED

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

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