#6DC9EF#6DC9EF

#6DC9EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.103 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DC9EF
RGB	rgb(109, 201, 239)
HSL	hsl(198, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(198, 54%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 15.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, -16.99, -27.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 32.02, 237.95°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.07 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.103 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.7674, 51.2527, 89.2836)
Luminance	0.5126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DC9EF #EF936D

analogous

#6DEFD4 #6DC9EF #6D88EF

triadic

#6DC9EF #EF6DC9 #C9EF6D

tetradic

#6DC9EF #D46DEF #EF936D #88EF6D

square

#6DC9EF #D46DEF #EF936D #88EF6D

split-complementary

#6DC9EF #EF6D88 #EFD46D

monochromatic

#1696CB #36B5E9 #6DC9EF #A4DDF5 #DBF2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#6DC9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#6DC9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DC9EF

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DC9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DC9EF	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B8EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dc9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 201, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.103 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d9f4',
    500: '#6dc9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dc9ef;
$custom-light: #a0d9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dc9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.538,
    "s": 80.247,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79332,
    "c": 0.10291,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DC9EF

secondary

#C76239

accent

#4709DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DC9EF

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

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