#6DC9EE#6DC9EE

#6DC9EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.102 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC9EE
RGB	rgb(109, 201, 238)
HSL	hsl(197, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(197, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.80, -17.28, -26.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.80, 31.77, 237.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% -0.0703 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.102 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.6201, 51.1937, 88.5077)
Luminance	0.5120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC9EE #EE926D

analogous

#6DEED2 #6DC9EE #6D88EE

triadic

#6DC9EE #EE6DC9 #C9EE6D

tetradic

#6DC9EE #D26DEE #EE926D #88EE6D

square

#6DC9EE #D26DEE #EE926D #88EE6D

split-complementary

#6DC9EE #EE6D88 #EED26D

monochromatic

#1796C9 #36B5E8 #6DC9EE #A4DDF4 #DBF2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#6DC9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#6DC9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC9EE

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC9EE	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B7EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 201, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.102 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d9f3',
    500: '#6dc9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc9ee;
$custom-light: #a0d9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.209,
    "s": 79.141,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79292,
    "c": 0.10216,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC9EE

secondary

#C66239

accent

#460ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC9EE

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

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