#6DC8ED#6DC8ED

#6DC8ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.102 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC8ED
RGB	rgb(109, 200, 237)
HSL	hsl(197, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(197, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 15.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, -17.05, -26.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 31.60, 237.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.0696 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.102 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.2412, 50.6704, 87.6587)
Luminance	0.5067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC8ED #ED926D

analogous

#6DEDD2 #6DC8ED #6D88ED

triadic

#6DC8ED #ED6DC8 #C8ED6D

tetradic

#6DC8ED #D26DED #ED926D #88ED6D

square

#6DC8ED #D26DED #ED926D #88ED6D

split-complementary

#6DC8ED #ED6D88 #EDD26D

monochromatic

#1995C7 #37B3E6 #6DC8ED #A3DDF4 #DAF1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#6DC8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#6DC8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC8ED

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC8ED	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B7ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 200, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.102 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d8f3',
    500: '#6dc8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc8ed;
$custom-light: #a0d8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.344,
    "s": 78.049,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79028,
    "c": 0.10155,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC8ED

secondary

#C5623A

accent

#470BDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC8ED

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

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