#6EC8EF#6EC8EF

#6EC8EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.102 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EC8EF
RGB	rgb(110, 200, 239)
HSL	hsl(198, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(198, 54%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 16.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, -16.27, -27.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 31.96, 239.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% -0.0682 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.102 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.6588, 50.8518, 89.2119)
Luminance	0.5086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6EC8EF #EF956E

analogous

#6EEFD6 #6EC8EF #6E87EF

triadic

#6EC8EF #EF6EC8 #C8EF6E

tetradic

#6EC8EF #D66EEF #EF956E #87EF6E

square

#6EC8EF #D66EEF #EF956E #87EF6E

split-complementary

#6EC8EF #EF6E87 #EFD66E

monochromatic

#1795CC #37B3E9 #6EC8EF #A5DDF5 #DCF2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#6EC8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#6EC8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EC8EF

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EC8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EC8EF	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B7EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ec8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 200, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.102 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d8f4',
    500: '#6ec8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ec8ef;
$custom-light: #a0d8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ec8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.14,
    "s": 80.124,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7915,
    "c": 0.10247,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EC8EF

secondary

#C7653A

accent

#4909DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EC8EF

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

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