#6AAAC8#6AAAC8

#6AAAC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.079 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#6AAAC8
RGBrgb(106, 170, 200)
HSLhsl(199, 46%, 60%)
HSVhsv(199, 47%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(47%, 15%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(66.51, -12.42, -21.68)
CIE-LCHlch(66.51, 24.98, 240.19°)
OKLaboklab(70.62% -0.0513 -0.06)
OKLCHoklch(70.62% 0.079 229.5)
XYZxyz(30.7402, 35.9814, 59.9576)
Luminance0.3598 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#6AAAC8 #C8886A
analogous
#6AC8B7 #6AAAC8 #6A7BC8
triadic
#6AAAC8 #C86AAA #AAC86A
tetradic
#6AAAC8 #B76AC8 #C8886A #7BC86A
square
#6AAAC8 #B76AC8 #C8886A #7BC86A
split-complementary
#6AAAC8 #C86A7B #C8B76A
monochromatic
#326B86 #428FB3 #6AAAC8 #97C3D8 #C3DDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56
#6AAAC8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20
#6AAAC8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AAAC8
8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##6AAAC8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##6AAAC81.002.568.208.20
#FFFFFF2.561.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2021.001.001.00
##0000008.2021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9BA8CA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8D9DC8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#3DB3B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #6aaac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 170, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.079 229.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ac3d8',
    500: '#6aaac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #6aaac8;
$custom-light: #9ac3d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#6aaac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.149,
    "s": 46.078,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70619,
    "c": 0.07892,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#6AAAC8
secondary
#D9C0B5
accent
#7C52D6
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F2F7FA
border
#CCD0D3
text
#0E1214
muted
#7E8183

Preview Lab

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#6AAAC8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva