#6DC8DD#6DC8DD

#6DC8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.092 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC8DD
RGB	rgb(109, 200, 221)
HSL	hsl(191, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(191, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 9.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.93, -21.54, -18.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.93, 28.61, 221.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% -0.0756 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.092 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0071, 49.7768, 75.8922)
Luminance	0.4978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC8DD #DD826D

analogous

#6DDDBA #6DC8DD #6D90DD

triadic

#6DC8DD #DD6DC8 #C8DD6D

tetradic

#6DC8DD #BA6DDD #DD826D #90DD6D

square

#6DC8DD #BA6DDD #DD826D #90DD6D

split-complementary

#6DC8DD #DD6D90 #DDBA6D

monochromatic

#2790A8 #3BB5D1 #6DC8DD #9FDBE9 #D0EDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#6DC8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#6DC8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC8DD

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC8DD	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)

#B9C3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25D0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 200, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.092 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed9e7',
    500: '#6dc8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc8dd;
$custom-light: #9ed9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 62.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7841,
    "c": 0.09178,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC8DD

secondary

#E6C7C0

accent

#3C1CCA

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFC

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC8DD

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

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