#6EC9EC#6EC9EC

#6EC9EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.100 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EC9EC
RGB	rgb(110, 201, 236)
HSL	hsl(197, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(197, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 14.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.76, -17.65, -25.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.76, 31.12, 235.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.25% -0.0703 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(79.25% 0.1 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4516, 51.1407, 86.9746)
Luminance	0.5114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6EC9EC #EC916E

analogous

#6EECD0 #6EC9EC #6E8AEC

triadic

#6EC9EC #EC6EC9 #C9EC6E

tetradic

#6EC9EC #D06EEC #EC916E #8AEC6E

square

#6EC9EC #D06EEC #EC916E #8AEC6E

split-complementary

#6EC9EC #EC6E8A #ECD06E

monochromatic

#1A96C6 #38B5E5 #6EC9EC #A4DDF3 #DAF1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#6EC9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#6EC9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EC9EC

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EC9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EC9EC	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ec9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 201, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.100 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d9f2',
    500: '#6ec9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ec9ec;
$custom-light: #a0d9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ec9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 76.829,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79254,
    "c": 0.10007,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EC9EC

secondary

#C3613B

accent

#450CD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EC9EC

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

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