#6DC9ED#6DC9ED

#6DC9ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.101 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC9ED
RGB	rgb(109, 201, 237)
HSL	hsl(197, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(197, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 15.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.76, -17.57, -26.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.76, 31.53, 236.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.25% -0.0707 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(79.25% 0.101 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.4736, 51.1351, 87.7361)
Luminance	0.5114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC9ED #ED916D

analogous

#6DEDD1 #6DC9ED #6D89ED

triadic

#6DC9ED #ED6DC9 #C9ED6D

tetradic

#6DC9ED #D16DED #ED916D #89ED6D

square

#6DC9ED #D16DED #ED916D #89ED6D

split-complementary

#6DC9ED #ED6D89 #EDD16D

monochromatic

#1996C7 #37B5E6 #6DC9ED #A3DDF4 #DAF1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#6DC9ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#6DC9ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC9ED

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC9ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC9ED	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B7ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc9ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 201, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.101 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d9f3',
    500: '#6dc9ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc9ed;
$custom-light: #a0d9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc9ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.875,
    "s": 78.049,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79252,
    "c": 0.10142,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC9ED

secondary

#C5613A

accent

#450BDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC9ED

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

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