#6AA8EC#6AA8EC

#6AA8EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.119 H 251.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AA8EC
RGB	rgb(106, 168, 236)
HSL	hsl(211, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(211, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 28.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, -0.69, -40.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 40.17, 269.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.037 -0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.119 251.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0814, 37.1226, 84.6573)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AA8EC #ECAE6A

analogous

#6AE9EC #6AA8EC #6D6AEC

triadic

#6AA8EC #EC6AA8 #A8EC6A

tetradic

#6AA8EC #EC6AE9 #ECAE6A #6AEC6D

square

#6AA8EC #EC6AE9 #ECAE6A #6AEC6D

split-complementary

#6AA8EC #EC6D6A #E9EC6A

monochromatic

#196AC3 #3488E5 #6AA8EC #A0C8F3 #D7E7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#6AA8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#6AA8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AA8EC

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AA8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AA8EC	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CABEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9EEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03B8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aa8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 168, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.119 251.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc1f2',
    500: '#6aa8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aa8ec;
$custom-light: #9dc1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aa8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.385,
    "s": 77.381,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71772,
    "c": 0.11886,
    "h": 251.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AA8EC

secondary

#EEDAC4

accent

#770CDA

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AA8EC

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

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