#6DC8EF#6DC8EF

#6DC8EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.103 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC8EF
RGB	rgb(109, 200, 239)
HSL	hsl(198, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(198, 54%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 16.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, -16.48, -27.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 32.12, 239.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% -0.0689 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.103 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.5350, 50.7880, 89.2061)
Luminance	0.5079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC8EF #EF946D

analogous

#6DEFD5 #6DC8EF #6D87EF

triadic

#6DC8EF #EF6DC8 #C8EF6D

tetradic

#6DC8EF #D56DEF #EF946D #87EF6D

square

#6DC8EF #D56DEF #EF946D #87EF6D

split-complementary

#6DC8EF #EF6D87 #EFD56D

monochromatic

#1695CB #36B3E9 #6DC8EF #A4DDF5 #DBF2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#6DC8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#6DC8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC8EF

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC8EF	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B7EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 200, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.103 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d8f4',
    500: '#6dc8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc8ef;
$custom-light: #a0d8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 80.247,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79108,
    "c": 0.10308,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC8EF

secondary

#C76439

accent

#4809DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC8EF

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

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