#6EC6EE#6EC6EE

#6EC6EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.102 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EC6EE
RGB	rgb(110, 198, 238)
HSL	hsl(199, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(199, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 16.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, -15.52, -27.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 31.92, 240.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.0663 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.102 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.0513, 49.8725, 88.2827)
Luminance	0.4988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6EC6EE #EE966E

analogous

#6EEED6 #6EC6EE #6E86EE

triadic

#6EC6EE #EE6EC6 #C6EE6E

tetradic

#6EC6EE #D66EEE #EE966E #86EE6E

square

#6EC6EE #D66EEE #EE966E #86EE6E

split-complementary

#6EC6EE #EE6E86 #EED66E

monochromatic

#1892CA #37B0E8 #6EC6EE #A5DCF4 #DCF1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#6EC6EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#6EC6EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EC6EE

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EC6EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EC6EE	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB5ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ec6ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 198, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.102 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d7f3',
    500: '#6ec6ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ec6ee;
$custom-light: #a0d7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ec6ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 79.012,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78662,
    "c": 0.10207,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EC6EE

secondary

#EFD5C8

accent

#4C0ADB

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EC6EE

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

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