#6AA9BE#6AA9BE

#6AA9BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.072 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AA9BE
RGB	rgb(106, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(195, 39%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 44%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, -14.65, -17.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 22.52, 229.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70% -0.0539 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.072 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4227, 35.1557, 53.9405)
Luminance	0.3516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#6AA9BE #BE7F6A

analogous

#6ABEA9 #6AA9BE #6A7FBE

triadic

#6AA9BE #BE6AA9 #A9BE6A

tetradic

#6AA9BE #A96ABE #BE7F6A #7FBE6A

square

#6AA9BE #A96ABE #BE7F6A #7FBE6A

split-complementary

#6AA9BE #BE6A7F #BEA96A

monochromatic

#356879 #478CA3 #6AA9BE #95C2D1 #BFDAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#6AA9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#6AA9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AA9BE

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AA9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AA9BE	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909CBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44B0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aa9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.072 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99c2d1',
    500: '#6aa9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aa9be;
$custom-light: #99c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aa9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 39.252,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69998,
    "c": 0.07158,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AA9BE

secondary

#D3BAB1

accent

#7659CF

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0E1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AA9BE

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

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