#6DC6EE#6DC6EE

#6DC6EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.103 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC6EE
RGB	rgb(109, 198, 238)
HSL	hsl(199, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(199, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 16.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, -15.72, -27.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 32.07, 240.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% -0.0671 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.103 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.9275, 49.8087, 88.2769)
Luminance	0.4981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC6EE #EE956D

analogous

#6DEED6 #6DC6EE #6D85EE

triadic

#6DC6EE #EE6DC6 #C6EE6D

tetradic

#6DC6EE #D66DEE #EE956D #85EE6D

square

#6DC6EE #D66DEE #EE956D #85EE6D

split-complementary

#6DC6EE #EE6D85 #EED66D

monochromatic

#1792C9 #36B1E8 #6DC6EE #A4DBF4 #DBF1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#6DC6EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#6DC6EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC6EE

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC6EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC6EE	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB5ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc6ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 198, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.103 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d7f3',
    500: '#6dc6ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc6ee;
$custom-light: #a0d7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc6ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.605,
    "s": 79.141,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7862,
    "c": 0.10268,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC6EE

secondary

#EFD4C8

accent

#4B0ADB

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC6EE

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

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