#6DC8EE#6DC8EE

#6DC8EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.102 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC8EE
RGB	rgb(109, 200, 238)
HSL	hsl(198, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(198, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 16%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.51, -16.76, -27.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.51, 31.86, 238.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% -0.0693 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.102 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3877, 50.7290, 88.4303)
Luminance	0.5073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC8EE #EE936D

analogous

#6DEED3 #6DC8EE #6D88EE

triadic

#6DC8EE #EE6DC8 #C8EE6D

tetradic

#6DC8EE #D36DEE #EE936D #88EE6D

square

#6DC8EE #D36DEE #EE936D #88EE6D

split-complementary

#6DC8EE #EE6D88 #EED36D

monochromatic

#1795C9 #36B3E8 #6DC8EE #A4DDF4 #DBF1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#6DC8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#6DC8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC8EE

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC8EE	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B7EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 200, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.102 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d8f3',
    500: '#6dc8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc8ee;
$custom-light: #a0d8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.674,
    "s": 79.141,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79068,
    "c": 0.10231,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC8EE

secondary

#C66339

accent

#480ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC8EE

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

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