#6EC4E5#6EC4E5

#6EC4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.095 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EC4E5
RGB	rgb(110, 196, 229)
HSL	hsl(197, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 14.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -17.05, -24.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 29.76, 235.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.0674 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.095 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3079, 48.4485, 81.3409)
Luminance	0.4845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6EC4E5 #E58F6E

analogous

#6EE5CB #6EC4E5 #6E89E5

triadic

#6EC4E5 #E56EC4 #C4E56E

tetradic

#6EC4E5 #CB6EE5 #E58F6E #89E56E

square

#6EC4E5 #CB6EE5 #E58F6E #89E56E

split-complementary

#6EC4E5 #E56E89 #E5CB6E

monochromatic

#218EB8 #3AAFDC #6EC4E5 #A2D9EE #D6EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#6EC4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#6EC4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EC4E5

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EC4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EC4E5	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1ECECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ec4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 196, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.095 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd6ed',
    500: '#6ec4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ec4e5;
$custom-light: #9fd6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ec4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.639,
    "s": 69.591,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77852,
    "c": 0.09549,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EC4E5

secondary

#EBCFC4

accent

#4914D2

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EC4E5

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

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