#6DC9EC#6DC9EC

#6DC9EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.101 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC9EC
RGB	rgb(109, 201, 236)
HSL	hsl(197, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(197, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 14.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.73, -17.85, -25.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.73, 31.29, 235.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.21% -0.0711 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(79.21% 0.101 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3279, 51.0769, 86.9688)
Luminance	0.5108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC9EC #EC906D

analogous

#6DECCF #6DC9EC #6D8AEC

triadic

#6DC9EC #EC6DC9 #C9EC6D

tetradic

#6DC9EC #CF6DEC #EC906D #8AEC6D

square

#6DC9EC #CF6DEC #EC906D #8AEC6D

split-complementary

#6DC9EC #EC6D8A #ECCF6D

monochromatic

#1A96C5 #37B5E5 #6DC9EC #A3DDF3 #D9F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#6DC9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#6DC9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC9EC

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC9EC	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 201, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.101 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d9f2',
    500: '#6dc9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc9ec;
$custom-light: #a0d9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.535,
    "s": 76.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79212,
    "c": 0.1007,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC9EC

secondary

#C3603A

accent

#450CD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC9EC

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

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