#6AA9EF#6AA9EF

#6AA9EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.122 H 252.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AA9EF
RGB	rgb(106, 169, 239)
HSL	hsl(212, 81%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(212, 56%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 29.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, -0.33, -41.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 41.17, 269.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0373 -0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.122 252.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7063, 37.6691, 87.0338)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AA9EF #EFB06A

analogous

#6AEBEF #6AA9EF #6D6AEF

triadic

#6AA9EF #EF6AA9 #A9EF6A

tetradic

#6AA9EF #EF6AEB #EFB06A #6AEF6D

square

#6AA9EF #EF6AEB #EFB06A #6AEF6D

split-complementary

#6AA9EF #EF6D6A #EBEF6A

monochromatic

#166BC9 #3389E9 #6AA9EF #A1C9F5 #D9E9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#6AA9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#6AA9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AA9EF

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AA9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AA9EF	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CACF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9FEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aa9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 169, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.122 252.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc2f4',
    500: '#6aa9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aa9ef;
$custom-light: #9dc2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aa9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.579,
    "s": 80.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72134,
    "c": 0.12169,
    "h": 252.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AA9EF

secondary

#EFDBC6

accent

#7809DD

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AA9EF

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

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