#6DC6EF#6DC6EF

#6DC6EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.103 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC6EF
RGB	rgb(109, 198, 239)
HSL	hsl(199, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(199, 54%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 17.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, -15.44, -28.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 32.36, 241.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.0667 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.104 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.0749, 49.8676, 89.0528)
Luminance	0.4987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC6EF #EF966D

analogous

#6DEFD7 #6DC6EF #6D85EF

triadic

#6DC6EF #EF6DC6 #C6EF6D

tetradic

#6DC6EF #D76DEF #EF966D #85EF6D

square

#6DC6EF #D76DEF #EF966D #85EF6D

split-complementary

#6DC6EF #EF6D85 #EFD76D

monochromatic

#1692CB #36B0E9 #6DC6EF #A4DCF5 #DBF1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#6DC6EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#6DC6EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC6EF

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC6EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC6EF	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc6ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 198, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.103 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d7f4',
    500: '#6dc6ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc6ef;
$custom-light: #a0d7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc6ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.923,
    "s": 80.247,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7866,
    "c": 0.1035,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC6EF

secondary

#F0D5C8

accent

#4C09DD

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC6EF

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

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