#6AAAEE#6AAAEE

#6AAAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.120 H 251.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AAAEE
RGB	rgb(106, 170, 238)
HSL	hsl(211, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(211, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -1.20, -40.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 40.28, 268.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0387 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.12 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7457, 37.9837, 86.3202)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AAAEE #EEAE6A

analogous

#6AECEE #6AAAEE #6C6AEE

triadic

#6AAAEE #EE6AAA #AAEE6A

tetradic

#6AAAEE #EE6AEC #EEAE6A #6AEE6C

square

#6AAAEE #EE6AEC #EEAE6A #6AEE6C

split-complementary

#6AAAEE #EE6C6A #ECEE6A

monochromatic

#176CC7 #338BE8 #6AAAEE #A1C9F4 #D8E9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#6AAAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#6AAAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AAAEE

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AAAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AAAEE	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EADF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aaaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 170, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.120 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc3f4',
    500: '#6aaaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aaaee;
$custom-light: #9dc3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aaaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.909,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72303,
    "c": 0.11961,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AAAEE

secondary

#EFDBC5

accent

#760ADC

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AAAEE

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

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