#6EC9EF#6EC9EF

#6EC9EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.102 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EC9EF
RGB	rgb(110, 201, 239)
HSL	hsl(198, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(198, 54%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 15.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.87, -16.79, -27.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.87, 31.86, 238.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% -0.0693 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.102 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.8911, 51.3165, 89.2894)
Luminance	0.5132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6EC9EF #EF946E

analogous

#6EEFD4 #6EC9EF #6E88EF

triadic

#6EC9EF #EF6EC9 #C9EF6E

tetradic

#6EC9EF #D46EEF #EF946E #88EF6E

square

#6EC9EF #D46EEF #EF946E #88EF6E

split-complementary

#6EC9EF #EF6E88 #EFD46E

monochromatic

#1797CC #37B4E9 #6EC9EF #A5DEF5 #DCF2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#6EC9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#6EC9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EC9EF

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EC9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EC9EF	1.00	1.86	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B8EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ec9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 201, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.102 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d9f4',
    500: '#6ec9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ec9ef;
$custom-light: #a0d9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ec9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.674,
    "s": 80.124,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79374,
    "c": 0.10229,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EC9EF

secondary

#C7633A

accent

#4709DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EC9EF

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

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