#6AACD7#6AACD7

#6AACD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.092 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AACD7
RGB	rgb(106, 172, 215)
HSL	hsl(204, 58%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(204, 51%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 20%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, -9.20, -28.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 29.70, 251.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0482 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.092 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9577, 37.4729, 69.7730)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AACD7 #D7956A

analogous

#6AD7CC #6AACD7 #6A75D7

triadic

#6AACD7 #D76AAC #ACD76A

tetradic

#6AACD7 #CC6AD7 #D7956A #75D76A

square

#6AACD7 #CC6AD7 #D7956A #75D76A

split-complementary

#6AACD7 #D76A75 #D7CC6A

monochromatic

#2A6F9D #3A91CA #6AACD7 #9AC7E4 #CAE2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#6AACD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#6AACD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AACD7

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AACD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AACD7	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ABD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA0D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EB7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aacd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 172, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.092 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bc4e3',
    500: '#6aacd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aacd7;
$custom-light: #9bc4e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aacd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.67,
    "s": 57.672,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71695,
    "c": 0.09224,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AACD7

secondary

#E2CABB

accent

#6120C5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AACD7

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

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