#6AA5CE#6AA5CE

#6AA5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.086 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AA5CE
RGB	rgb(106, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(205, 51%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(205, 49%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, -7.99, -26.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 28.01, 253.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% -0.0432 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.086 240)
XYZ	xyz(30.5356, 34.4284, 63.4168)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AA5CE #CE936A

analogous

#6ACEC5 #6AA5CE #6A73CE

triadic

#6AA5CE #CE6AA5 #A5CE6A

tetradic

#6AA5CE #C56ACE #CE936A #73CE6A

square

#6AA5CE #C56ACE #CE936A #73CE6A

split-complementary

#6AA5CE #CE6A73 #CEC56A

monochromatic

#2F678F #3E89BD #6AA5CE #98C1DD #C6DDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#6AA5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#6AA5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AA5CE

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AA5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AA5CE	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859ACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AAFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aa5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.086 240.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9abfdd',
    500: '#6aa5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aa5ce;
$custom-light: #9abfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aa5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.6,
    "s": 50.505,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69738,
    "c": 0.08625,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.34431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AA5CE

secondary

#DDC7B7

accent

#6528BE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AA5CE

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

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