#6DC8EA#6DC8EA

#6DC8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.099 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC8EA
RGB	rgb(109, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(196, 53%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.37, -17.91, -25.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.37, 30.88, 234.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% -0.0707 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.099 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8066, 50.4966, 85.3696)
Luminance	0.5050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC8EA #EA8F6D

analogous

#6DEACE #6DC8EA #6D8AEA

triadic

#6DC8EA #EA6DC8 #C8EA6D

tetradic

#6DC8EA #CE6DEA #EA8F6D #8AEA6D

square

#6DC8EA #CE6DEA #EA8F6D #8AEA6D

split-complementary

#6DC8EA #EA6D8A #EACE6D

monochromatic

#1C94C1 #37B4E2 #6DC8EA #A3DCF2 #D8F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#6DC8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#6DC8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC8EA

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC8EA	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02D2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.099 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd8f0',
    500: '#6dc8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc8ea;
$custom-light: #9fd8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.32,
    "s": 74.85,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78908,
    "c": 0.09937,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC8EA

secondary

#BF603C

accent

#450ED7

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#0F1416

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC8EA

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

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