#6EC4E2#6EC4E2

#6EC4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.093 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EC4E2
RGB	rgb(110, 196, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(196, 51%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 13.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -17.89, -22.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 29.09, 232.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.0685 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.093 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.8926, 48.2824, 79.1540)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6EC4E2 #E28C6E

analogous

#6EE2C6 #6EC4E2 #6E8AE2

triadic

#6EC4E2 #E26EC4 #C4E26E

tetradic

#6EC4E2 #C66EE2 #E28C6E #8AE26E

square

#6EC4E2 #C66EE2 #E28C6E #8AE26E

split-complementary

#6EC4E2 #E26E8A #E2C66E

monochromatic

#248DB2 #3BAFD8 #6EC4E2 #A1D9EC #D4EEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#6EC4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#6EC4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EC4E2

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EC4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EC4E2	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C0E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B3E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24CECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ec4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 196, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.093 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd6eb',
    500: '#6ec4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ec4e2;
$custom-light: #9fd6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ec4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.517,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77734,
    "c": 0.09343,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EC4E2

secondary

#E9CDC3

accent

#4617CF

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EC4E2

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

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