#6AA9E6#6AA9E6

#6AA9E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.111 H 248.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AA9E6
RGB	rgb(106, 169, 230)
HSL	hsl(210, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(210, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 26.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, -3.08, -36.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 36.98, 265.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% -0.0399 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.111 248.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4097, 37.1505, 80.2050)
Luminance	0.3715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AA9E6 #E6A76A

analogous

#6AE6E5 #6AA9E6 #6A6BE6

triadic

#6AA9E6 #E66AA9 #A9E66A

tetradic

#6AA9E6 #E56AE6 #E6A76A #6BE66A

square

#6AA9E6 #E56AE6 #E6A76A #6BE66A

split-complementary

#6AA9E6 #E66A6B #E6E56A

monochromatic

#1F6CB7 #368BDD #6AA9E6 #9EC7EF #D3E5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#6AA9E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#6AA9E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AA9E6

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AA9E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AA9E6	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)

#90ABE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9FE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18B7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aa9e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 169, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.111 248.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc2ee',
    500: '#6aa9e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aa9e6;
$custom-light: #9cc2ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aa9e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.516,
    "s": 71.264,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71704,
    "c": 0.11079,
    "h": 248.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AA9E6

secondary

#EAD6C1

accent

#7112D3

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F3F7FD

border

#CDD0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AA9E6

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

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