#6AA8CE#6AA8CE

#6AA8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.085 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AA8CE
RGB	rgb(106, 168, 206)
HSL	hsl(203, 51%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(203, 49%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, -9.63, -25.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 27.29, 249.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.0467 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.085 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0831, 35.5233, 63.5993)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#6AA8CE #CE906A

analogous

#6ACEC2 #6AA8CE #6A76CE

triadic

#6AA8CE #CE6AA8 #A8CE6A

tetradic

#6AA8CE #C26ACE #CE906A #76CE6A

square

#6AA8CE #C26ACE #CE906A #76CE6A

split-complementary

#6AA8CE #CE6A76 #CEC26A

monochromatic

#2F6A8F #3E8DBD #6AA8CE #98C3DD #C6DEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#6AA8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#6AA8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AA8CE

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AA8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AA8CE	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899CCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aa8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 168, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.085 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ac1dd',
    500: '#6aa8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aa8ce;
$custom-light: #9ac1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aa8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.8,
    "s": 50.505,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70413,
    "c": 0.08494,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AA8CE

secondary

#DDC5B7

accent

#6128BE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AA8CE

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

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