#6AAAEF#6AAAEF

#6AAAEF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.121 H 251.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AAAEF
RGB	rgb(106, 170, 239)
HSL	hsl(211, 81%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(211, 56%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 28.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, -0.89, -40.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 40.75, 268.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.0384 -0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.121 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8930, 38.0426, 87.0961)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AAAEF #EFAF6A

analogous

#6AECEF #6AAAEF #6D6AEF

triadic

#6AAAEF #EF6AAA #AAEF6A

tetradic

#6AAAEF #EF6AEC #EFAF6A #6AEF6D

square

#6AAAEF #EF6AEC #EFAF6A #6AEF6D

split-complementary

#6AAAEF #EF6D6A #ECEF6A

monochromatic

#166CC9 #338AE9 #6AAAEF #A1CAF5 #D9E9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#6AAAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#6AAAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AAAEF

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AAAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AAAEF	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DADF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7CA0EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aaaef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 170, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.121 251.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aaaef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.128,
    "s": 80.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72351,
    "c": 0.12084,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AAAEF

secondary

#EFDBC6

accent

#7709DD

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AAAEF

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

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