#6AA9BF#6AA9BF

#6AA9BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.072 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AA9BF
RGB	rgb(106, 169, 191)
HSL	hsl(196, 40%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 45%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 11.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, -14.38, -17.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 22.73, 230.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.0535 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.072 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5324, 35.1995, 54.5181)
Luminance	0.3520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AA9BF #BF806A

analogous

#6ABFAA #6AA9BF #6A7EBF

triadic

#6AA9BF #BF6AA9 #A9BF6A

tetradic

#6AA9BF #AA6ABF #BF806A #7EBF6A

square

#6AA9BF #AA6ABF #BF806A #7EBF6A

split-complementary

#6AA9BF #BF6A7E #BFAA6A

monochromatic

#34687A #478DA5 #6AA9BF #95C2D1 #C0DAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#6AA9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#6AA9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AA9BF

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AA9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AA9BF	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA6C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9CBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44B0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aa9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 169, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.072 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99c2d2',
    500: '#6aa9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aa9bf;
$custom-light: #99c2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aa9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.529,
    "s": 39.906,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70036,
    "c": 0.07222,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AA9BF

secondary

#D3BAB1

accent

#7758D0

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0E1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AA9BF

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

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