#6EC5EC#6EC5EC

#6EC5EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.101 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EC5EC
RGB	rgb(110, 197, 236)
HSL	hsl(199, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(199, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.64, -15.57, -27.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.64, 31.48, 240.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.066 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.101 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5313, 49.3000, 86.6679)
Luminance	0.4930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#6EC5EC #EC956E

analogous

#6EECD4 #6EC5EC #6E86EC

triadic

#6EC5EC #EC6EC5 #C5EC6E

tetradic

#6EC5EC #D46EEC #EC956E #86EC6E

square

#6EC5EC #D46EEC #EC956E #86EC6E

split-complementary

#6EC5EC #EC6E86 #ECD46E

monochromatic

#1A91C6 #38AFE5 #6EC5EC #A4DBF3 #DAF0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#6EC5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#6EC5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EC5EC

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EC5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EC5EC	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0AD0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ec5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 197, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.101 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d6f2',
    500: '#6ec5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ec5ec;
$custom-light: #a0d6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ec5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.571,
    "s": 76.829,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78356,
    "c": 0.10067,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EC5EC

secondary

#EED4C7

accent

#4C0CD9

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EC5EC

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

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