#6DC9E4#6DC9E4

#6DC9E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.096 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC9E4
RGB	rgb(109, 201, 228)
HSL	hsl(194, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(194, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 11.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, -20.11, -21.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 29.67, 227.32°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% -0.074 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.096 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1915, 50.6223, 80.9841)
Luminance	0.5063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC9E4 #E4886D

analogous

#6DE4C3 #6DC9E4 #6D8DE4

triadic

#6DC9E4 #E46DC9 #C9E46D

tetradic

#6DC9E4 #C36DE4 #E4886D #8DE46D

square

#6DC9E4 #C36DE4 #E4886D #8DE46D

split-complementary

#6DC9E4 #E46D8D #E4C36D

monochromatic

#2194B5 #39B6DA #6DC9E4 #A1DCEE #D4EFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#6DC9E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#6DC9E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC9E4

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC9E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC9E4	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)

#B8C4E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B7E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17D2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc9e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 201, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.096 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd9ec',
    500: '#6dc9e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc9e4;
$custom-light: #9fd9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc9e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.613,
    "s": 68.786,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78901,
    "c": 0.09555,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC9E4

secondary

#B65A40

accent

#3F15D1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFD

border

#D0D4D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#808384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC9E4

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

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