#6AA0E3#6AA0E3

#6AA0E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.115 H 254.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AA0E3
RGB	rgb(106, 160, 227)
HSL	hsl(213, 68%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(213, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 29.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, 1.07, -39.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 39.31, 271.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% -0.0307 -0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.115 254.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3750, 33.7493, 77.4664)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AA0E3 #E3AD6A

analogous

#6ADDE3 #6AA0E3 #706AE3

triadic

#6AA0E3 #E36AA0 #A0E36A

tetradic

#6AA0E3 #E36ADD #E3AD6A #6AE370

square

#6AA0E3 #E36ADD #E3AD6A #6AE370

split-complementary

#6AA0E3 #E3706A #DDE36A

monochromatic

#2162B1 #367FD9 #6AA0E3 #9EC1ED #D1E2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#6AA0E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#6AA0E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AA0E3

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AA0E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AA0E3	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A4E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7698E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23AFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aa0e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 160, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.115 254.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cbbec',
    500: '#6aa0e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aa0e3;
$custom-light: #9cbbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aa0e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.223,
    "s": 68.362,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69599,
    "c": 0.11465,
    "h": 254.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AA0E3

secondary

#E9D7C0

accent

#7D15D0

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F3F6FD

border

#CDD0D5

text

#0F1116

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AA0E3

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

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