#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
RGB	rgb(106, 170, 200)
HSL	hsl(199, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 47%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 15%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, -12.42, -21.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 24.98, 240.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0513 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.079 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7402, 35.9814, 59.9576)
Luminance	0.3598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##6AAAC8	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #6AAAC8

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

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