#6EC4E4#6EC4E4

#6EC4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.095 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EC4E4
RGB	rgb(110, 196, 228)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(196, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 14%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, -17.33, -23.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 29.53, 234.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0678 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.095 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.1686, 48.3928, 80.6077)
Luminance	0.4840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6EC4E4 #E48E6E

analogous

#6EE4C9 #6EC4E4 #6E89E4

triadic

#6EC4E4 #E46EC4 #C4E46E

tetradic

#6EC4E4 #C96EE4 #E48E6E #89E46E

square

#6EC4E4 #C96EE4 #E48E6E #89E46E

split-complementary

#6EC4E4 #E46E89 #E4C96E

monochromatic

#228EB6 #3AAFDA #6EC4E4 #A2D9EE #D5EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#6EC4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#6EC4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EC4E4

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EC4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EC4E4	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C0E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20CECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ec4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 196, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.095 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd6ec',
    500: '#6ec4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ec4e4;
$custom-light: #9fd6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ec4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.271,
    "s": 68.605,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77812,
    "c": 0.09479,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EC4E4

secondary

#EACEC4

accent

#4815D1

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EC4E4

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

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