#6AA8CD#6AA8CD

#6AA8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.084 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AA8CD
RGB	rgb(106, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(202, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(202, 48%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, -9.92, -25.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 26.93, 248.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.0471 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.084 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9620, 35.4749, 62.9615)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AA8CD #CD8F6A

analogous

#6ACDC0 #6AA8CD #6A76CD

triadic

#6AA8CD #CD6AA8 #A8CD6A

tetradic

#6AA8CD #C06ACD #CD8F6A #76CD6A

square

#6AA8CD #C06ACD #CD8F6A #76CD6A

split-complementary

#6AA8CD #CD6A76 #CDC06A

monochromatic

#2F6A8D #3F8DBB #6AA8CD #98C3DC #C6DEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#6AA8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#6AA8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AA8CD

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AA8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AA8CD	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899CCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AB2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aa8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.084 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ac1dc',
    500: '#6aa8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aa8cd;
$custom-light: #9ac1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aa8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.424,
    "s": 49.749,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70371,
    "c": 0.08396,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AA8CD

secondary

#DCC5B7

accent

#6028BD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AA8CD

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

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