#6AACE3#6AACE3

#6AACE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.105 H 245.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AACE3
RGB	rgb(106, 172, 227)
HSL	hsl(207, 68%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(207, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 24.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -5.65, -34.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 34.56, 260.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.0442 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.105 245.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5565, 38.1124, 78.1936)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AACE3 #E3A16A

analogous

#6AE3DE #6AACE3 #6A6FE3

triadic

#6AACE3 #E36AAC #ACE36A

tetradic

#6AACE3 #DE6AE3 #E3A16A #6FE36A

square

#6AACE3 #DE6AE3 #E3A16A #6FE36A

split-complementary

#6AACE3 #E36A6F #E3DE6A

monochromatic

#2170B1 #368FD9 #6AACE3 #9EC9ED #D1E5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#6AACE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#6AACE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AACE3

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AACE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AACE3	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ADE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A1E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DB9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aace3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 172, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.105 245.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc4ec',
    500: '#6aace3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aace3;
$custom-light: #9cc4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aace3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.273,
    "s": 68.362,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72225,
    "c": 0.10516,
    "h": 245.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AACE3

secondary

#E9D3C0

accent

#6A15D0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FD

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AACE3

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

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