#6AA5BB#6AA5BB

#6AA5BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.069 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AA5BB
RGB	rgb(106, 165, 187)
HSL	hsl(196, 37%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 43%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 11.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, -13.33, -17.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 21.87, 232.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.96% -0.0501 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(68.96% 0.069 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3654, 33.5603, 51.9871)
Luminance	0.3356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AA5BB #BB806A

analogous

#6ABBA8 #6AA5BB #6A7DBB

triadic

#6AA5BB #BB6AA5 #A5BB6A

tetradic

#6AA5BB #A86ABB #BB806A #7DBB6A

square

#6AA5BB #A86ABB #BB806A #7DBB6A

split-complementary

#6AA5BB #BB6A7D #BBA86A

monochromatic

#356475 #49889F #6AA5BB #94BECE #BED8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#6AA5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#6AA5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AA5BB

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AA5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AA5BB	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C99BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47ACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aa5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 165, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.069 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99bfcf',
    500: '#6aa5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aa5bb;
$custom-light: #99bfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aa5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.296,
    "s": 37.327,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68963,
    "c": 0.06925,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AA5BB

secondary

#D1B9B0

accent

#7A5BCD

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0E1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AA5BB

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

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