#6EC4E9#6EC4E9

#6EC4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.098 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EC4E9
RGB	rgb(110, 196, 233)
HSL	hsl(198, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(198, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -15.91, -26.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 30.77, 238.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.0659 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.098 228)
XYZ	xyz(40.8728, 48.6745, 84.3162)
Luminance	0.4868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6EC4E9 #E9936E

analogous

#6EE9D1 #6EC4E9 #6E86E9

triadic

#6EC4E9 #E96EC4 #C4E96E

tetradic

#6EC4E9 #D16EE9 #E9936E #86E96E

square

#6EC4E9 #D16EE9 #E9936E #86E96E

split-complementary

#6EC4E9 #E96E86 #E9D16E

monochromatic

#1D8FC0 #39AEE1 #6EC4E9 #A3DAF1 #D8EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#6EC4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#6EC4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EC4E9

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EC4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EC4E9	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ec4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 196, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.098 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d6f0',
    500: '#6ec4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ec4e9;
$custom-light: #a0d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ec4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.049,
    "s": 73.653,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78011,
    "c": 0.09848,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.48678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EC4E9

secondary

#EDD2C6

accent

#4B10D6

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EC4E9

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

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