#6EC8ED#6EC8ED

#6EC8ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.101 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EC8ED
RGB	rgb(110, 200, 237)
HSL	hsl(197, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(197, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 15.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, -16.85, -26.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 31.44, 237.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% -0.0689 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.101 227)
XYZ	xyz(42.3650, 50.7342, 87.6645)
Luminance	0.5074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6EC8ED #ED936E

analogous

#6EEDD2 #6EC8ED #6E88ED

triadic

#6EC8ED #ED6EC8 #C8ED6E

tetradic

#6EC8ED #D26EED #ED936E #88ED6E

square

#6EC8ED #D26EED #ED936E #88ED6E

split-complementary

#6EC8ED #ED6E88 #EDD26E

monochromatic

#1995C8 #38B3E6 #6EC8ED #A4DDF4 #DBF1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#6EC8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#6EC8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EC8ED

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EC8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EC8ED	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B7ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ec8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 200, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.101 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d8f3',
    500: '#6ec8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ec8ed;
$custom-light: #a0d8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ec8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.48,
    "s": 77.914,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79069,
    "c": 0.10092,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.50738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EC8ED

secondary

#C5633A

accent

#480BDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EC8ED

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

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