#6DCDEF#6DCDEF

#6DCDEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.102 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6DCDEF
RGB	rgb(109, 205, 239)
HSL	hsl(196, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 14.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.96, -19.05, -25.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.96, 31.77, 233.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.23% -0.0743 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(80.23% 0.102 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.7120, 53.1419, 89.5985)
Luminance	0.5315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6DCDEF #EF8F6D

analogous

#6DEFD0 #6DCDEF #6D8CEF

triadic

#6DCDEF #EF6DCD #CDEF6D

tetradic

#6DCDEF #D06DEF #EF8F6D #8CEF6D

square

#6DCDEF #D06DEF #EF8F6D #8CEF6D

split-complementary

#6DCDEF #EF6D8C #EFD06D

monochromatic

#169CCB #36BAE9 #6DCDEF #A4E0F5 #DBF3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#6DCDEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#6DCDEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6DCDEF

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6DCDEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6DCDEF	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC9F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BBEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6dcdef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 205, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.102 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0dcf4',
    500: '#6dcdef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6dcdef;
$custom-light: #a0dcf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6dcdef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.692,
    "s": 80.247,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80231,
    "c": 0.10249,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6DCDEF

secondary

#C75E39

accent

#4009DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #6DCDEF

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

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