#6AA8BB#6AA8BB

#6AA8BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.070 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AA8BB
RGB	rgb(106, 168, 187)
HSL	hsl(194, 37%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 43%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 10.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, -14.93, -16.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 21.90, 227.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% -0.0538 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.07 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9129, 34.6552, 52.1696)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AA8BB #BB7D6A

analogous

#6ABBA5 #6AA8BB #6A80BB

triadic

#6AA8BB #BB6AA8 #A8BB6A

tetradic

#6AA8BB #A56ABB #BB7D6A #80BB6A

square

#6AA8BB #A56ABB #BB7D6A #80BB6A

split-complementary

#6AA8BB #BB6A80 #BBA56A

monochromatic

#356675 #498B9F #6AA8BB #94C1CE #BED9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#6AA8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#6AA8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AA8BB

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AA8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AA8BB	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46AFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aa8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 168, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.070 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99c2cf',
    500: '#6aa8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aa8bb;
$custom-light: #99c2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aa8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.074,
    "s": 37.327,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69654,
    "c": 0.06959,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AA8BB

secondary

#D1B8B0

accent

#755BCD

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0E1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AA8BB

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

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