#6DC9EB#6DC9EB

#6DC9EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.100 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC9EB
RGB	rgb(109, 201, 235)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 14.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -18.14, -25.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 31.06, 234.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.17% -0.0714 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(79.17% 0.1 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.1830, 51.0189, 86.2058)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC9EB #EB8F6D

analogous

#6DEBCE #6DC9EB #6D8AEB

triadic

#6DC9EB #EB6DC9 #C9EB6D

tetradic

#6DC9EB #CE6DEB #EB8F6D #8AEB6D

square

#6DC9EB #CE6DEB #EB8F6D #8AEB6D

split-complementary

#6DC9EB #EB6D8A #EBCE6D

monochromatic

#1B96C3 #37B5E4 #6DC9EB #A3DDF2 #D9F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#6DC9EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#6DC9EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC9EB

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC9EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC9EB	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C5ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc9eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 201, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.100 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd9f1',
    500: '#6dc9eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc9eb;
$custom-light: #9fd9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc9eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.19,
    "s": 75.904,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79173,
    "c": 0.1,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC9EB

secondary

#C15F3B

accent

#440DD8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#0F1416

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC9EB

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

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