#6EC9DE#6EC9DE

#6EC9DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.092 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EC9DE
RGB	rgb(110, 201, 222)
HSL	hsl(191, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(191, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 9.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.29, -21.56, -18.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.29, 28.62, 221.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0756 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.092 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4968, 50.3587, 76.6792)
Luminance	0.5036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6EC9DE #DE836E

analogous

#6EDEBB #6EC9DE #6E91DE

triadic

#6EC9DE #DE6EC9 #C9DE6E

tetradic

#6EC9DE #BB6EDE #DE836E #91DE6E

square

#6EC9DE #BB6EDE #DE836E #91DE6E

split-complementary

#6EC9DE #DE6E91 #DEBB6E

monochromatic

#2792AB #3CB6D3 #6EC9DE #A0DCE9 #D2EEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#6EC9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#6EC9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EC9DE

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EC9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EC9DE	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B7DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27D1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ec9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 201, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.092 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd9e8',
    500: '#6ec9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ec9de;
$custom-light: #9fd9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ec9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 62.921,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78717,
    "c": 0.09178,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EC9DE

secondary

#AD5743

accent

#3C1BCB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#808384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EC9DE

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

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