#6EC8DD#6EC8DD

#6EC8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.091 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EC8DD
RGB	rgb(110, 200, 221)
HSL	hsl(191, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(191, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 9.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, -21.33, -18.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 28.40, 221.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.0749 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.091 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1308, 49.8406, 75.8980)
Luminance	0.4984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6EC8DD #DD836E

analogous

#6EDDBA #6EC8DD #6E91DD

triadic

#6EC8DD #DD6EC8 #C8DD6E

tetradic

#6EC8DD #BA6EDD #DD836E #91DD6E

square

#6EC8DD #BA6EDD #DD836E #91DD6E

split-complementary

#6EC8DD #DD6E91 #DDBA6E

monochromatic

#2891A9 #3CB5D1 #6EC8DD #A0DBE9 #D1EEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#6EC8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#6EC8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EC8DD

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EC8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EC8DD	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29D0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ec8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 200, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.091 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd9e7',
    500: '#6ec8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ec8dd;
$custom-light: #9fd9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ec8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.351,
    "s": 62.011,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78452,
    "c": 0.09108,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EC8DD

secondary

#E6C8C0

accent

#3D1CCA

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFC

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EC8DD

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

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