#6AA8EE#6AA8EE

#6AA8EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.121 H 252.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AA8EE
RGB	rgb(106, 168, 238)
HSL	hsl(212, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(212, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 29.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, -0.07, -41.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 41.12, 269.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% -0.0365 -0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.121 252.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3736, 37.2395, 86.1962)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AA8EE #EEB06A

analogous

#6AEAEE #6AA8EE #6E6AEE

triadic

#6AA8EE #EE6AA8 #A8EE6A

tetradic

#6AA8EE #EE6AEA #EEB06A #6AEE6E

square

#6AA8EE #EE6AEA #EEB06A #6AEE6E

split-complementary

#6AA8EE #EE6E6A #EAEE6A

monochromatic

#1769C7 #3388E8 #6AA8EE #A1C8F4 #D8E8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#6AA8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#6AA8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AA8EE

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AA8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AA8EE	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BABF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9EED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aa8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 168, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.121 252.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc1f4',
    500: '#6aa8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aa8ee;
$custom-light: #9dc1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aa8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.818,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71869,
    "c": 0.12132,
    "h": 252.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AA8EE

secondary

#EFDBC5

accent

#790ADC

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AA8EE

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

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