#6AA8BE#6AA8BE

#6AA8BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.071 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AA8BE
RGB	rgb(106, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(196, 39%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 44%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, -14.12, -17.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 22.51, 231.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% -0.0526 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.071 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2374, 34.7850, 53.8787)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#6AA8BE #BE806A

analogous

#6ABEAA #6AA8BE #6A7EBE

triadic

#6AA8BE #BE6AA8 #A8BE6A

tetradic

#6AA8BE #AA6ABE #BE806A #7EBE6A

square

#6AA8BE #AA6ABE #BE806A #7EBE6A

split-complementary

#6AA8BE #BE6A7E #BEAA6A

monochromatic

#356779 #478BA3 #6AA8BE #95C1D1 #BFDAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#6AA8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#6AA8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AA8BE

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AA8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AA8BE	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9BBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45AFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aa8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.071 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99c2d1',
    500: '#6aa8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aa8be;
$custom-light: #99c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aa8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.714,
    "s": 39.252,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69768,
    "c": 0.07148,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AA8BE

secondary

#D3BAB1

accent

#7859CF

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0E1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AA8BE

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

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