#6EC5EE#6EC5EE

#6EC5EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.102 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EC5EE
RGB	rgb(110, 197, 238)
HSL	hsl(199, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(199, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 17.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.71, -15.00, -28.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.71, 32.05, 242.10°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% -0.0652 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.102 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8235, 49.4169, 88.2067)
Luminance	0.4942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6EC5EE #EE976E

analogous

#6EEED7 #6EC5EE #6E85EE

triadic

#6EC5EE #EE6EC5 #C5EE6E

tetradic

#6EC5EE #D76EEE #EE976E #85EE6E

square

#6EC5EE #D76EEE #EE976E #85EE6E

split-complementary

#6EC5EE #EE6E85 #EED76E

monochromatic

#1891CA #37AFE8 #6EC5EE #A5DBF4 #DCF1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#6EC5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#6EC5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EC5EE

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EC5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EC5EE	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB5ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ec5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 197, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.102 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d6f3',
    500: '#6ec5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ec5ee;
$custom-light: #a0d6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ec5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.219,
    "s": 79.012,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78438,
    "c": 0.10231,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EC5EE

secondary

#EFD5C8

accent

#4D0ADB

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EC5EE

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

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