#6AABE3#6AABE3

#6AABE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.106 H 246.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#6AABE3
RGBrgb(106, 171, 227)
HSLhsl(208, 68%, 65%)
HSVhsv(208, 53%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(53.3%, 24.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(67.82, -5.10, -34.53)
CIE-LCHlch(67.82, 34.91, 261.60°)
OKLaboklab(72% -0.0431 -0.0966)
OKLCHoklch(72% 0.106 246)
XYZxyz(34.3669, 37.7332, 78.1304)
Luminance0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#6AABE3 #E3A26A
analogous
#6AE3DF #6AABE3 #6A6EE3
triadic
#6AABE3 #E36AAB #ABE36A
tetradic
#6AABE3 #DF6AE3 #E3A26A #6EE36A
square
#6AABE3 #DF6AE3 #E3A26A #6EE36A
split-complementary
#6AABE3 #E36A6E #E3DF6A
monochromatic
#216FB1 #368ED9 #6AABE3 #9EC8ED #D1E5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46
#6AABE3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55
#6AABE3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AABE3
8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##6AABE3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##6AABE31.002.468.558.55
#FFFFFF2.461.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5521.001.001.00
##0000008.5521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#93ACE6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#83A0E2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#1DB8BE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #6aabe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 171, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.106 246.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc3ec',
    500: '#6aabe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #6aabe3;
$custom-light: #9cc3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#6aabe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.769,
    "s": 68.362,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72004,
    "c": 0.10583,
    "h": 246
  },
  "luminance": 0.37736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#6AABE3
secondary
#E9D3C0
accent
#6C15D0
background
#FAFCFE
surface
#F3F8FD
border
#CDD1D5
text
#0F1216
muted
#7F8184

Preview Lab

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#6AABE3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva