#6A97C8#6A97C8

#6A97C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.088 H 251.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A97C8
RGB	rgb(106, 151, 200)
HSL	hsl(211, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(211, 47%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 24.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.10, -1.91, -29.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.10, 30.04, 266.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% -0.0283 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.088 251.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4323, 29.3656, 58.8550)
Luminance	0.2937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A97C8 #C89B6A

analogous

#6AC6C8 #6A97C8 #6C6AC8

triadic

#6A97C8 #C86A97 #97C86A

tetradic

#6A97C8 #C86AC6 #C89B6A #6AC86C

square

#6A97C8 #C86AC6 #C89B6A #6AC86C

split-complementary

#6A97C8 #C86C6A #C6C86A

monochromatic

#325A86 #4278B3 #6A97C8 #97B6D8 #C3D5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#6A97C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#6A97C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6A97C8

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A97C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6A97C8	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8499CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42A2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a97c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 151, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.088 251.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99b5d9',
    500: '#6a97c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a97c8;
$custom-light: #99b5d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a97c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.277,
    "s": 46.078,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66349,
    "c": 0.0883,
    "h": 251.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A97C8

secondary

#D9C8B5

accent

#9752D6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FA

border

#CCD0D3

text

#0E1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A97C8

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

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