#6EC6EC#6EC6EC

#6EC6EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.100 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EC6EC
RGB	rgb(110, 198, 236)
HSL	hsl(198, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(198, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 16.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.92, -16.09, -26.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.92, 31.37, 239.13°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% -0.0671 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.1 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7591, 49.7556, 86.7438)
Luminance	0.4976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6EC6EC #EC946E

analogous

#6EECD3 #6EC6EC #6E87EC

triadic

#6EC6EC #EC6EC6 #C6EC6E

tetradic

#6EC6EC #D36EEC #EC946E #87EC6E

square

#6EC6EC #D36EEC #EC946E #87EC6E

split-complementary

#6EC6EC #EC6E87 #ECD36E

monochromatic

#1A92C6 #38B1E5 #6EC6EC #A4DBF3 #DAF1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#6EC6EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#6EC6EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EC6EC

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EC6EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EC6EC	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C3EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B5EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ec6ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 198, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.100 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d7f2',
    500: '#6ec6ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ec6ec;
$custom-light: #a0d7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ec6ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.095,
    "s": 76.829,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78581,
    "c": 0.10048,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EC6EC

secondary

#EED3C7

accent

#4A0CD9

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EC6EC

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

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