#6AA9CD#6AA9CD

#6AA9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.084 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AA9CD
RGB	rgb(106, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(202, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(202, 48%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, -10.46, -24.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 26.74, 246.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.0482 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.084 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1473, 35.8455, 63.0233)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AA9CD #CD8E6A

analogous

#6ACDBF #6AA9CD #6A77CD

triadic

#6AA9CD #CD6AA9 #A9CD6A

tetradic

#6AA9CD #BF6ACD #CD8E6A #77CD6A

square

#6AA9CD #BF6ACD #CD8E6A #77CD6A

split-complementary

#6AA9CD #CD6A77 #CDBF6A

monochromatic

#2F6B8D #3F8EBB #6AA9CD #98C3DC #C6DEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#6AA9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#6AA9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AA9CD

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AA9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AA9CD	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39B3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aa9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.084 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ac2dc',
    500: '#6aa9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aa9cd;
$custom-light: #9ac2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aa9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 49.749,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70597,
    "c": 0.08362,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AA9CD

secondary

#DCC4B7

accent

#5E28BD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AA9CD

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

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