#6AACE5#6AACE5

#6AACE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.107 H 246.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AACE5
RGB	rgb(106, 172, 229)
HSL	hsl(208, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(208, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 24.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -5.05, -35.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 35.43, 261.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.0436 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.107 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8342, 38.2235, 79.6558)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AACE5 #E5A36A

analogous

#6AE5E1 #6AACE5 #6A6EE5

triadic

#6AACE5 #E56AAC #ACE56A

tetradic

#6AACE5 #E16AE5 #E5A36A #6EE56A

square

#6AACE5 #E16AE5 #E5A36A #6EE56A

split-complementary

#6AACE5 #E56A6E #E5E16A

monochromatic

#2070B5 #368FDC #6AACE5 #9EC9EE #D2E6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#6AACE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#6AACE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AACE5

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AACE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AACE5	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ADE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A1E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18BABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aace5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 172, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.107 246.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc4ed',
    500: '#6aace5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aace5;
$custom-light: #9cc4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aace5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.805,
    "s": 70.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72316,
    "c": 0.10744,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AACE5

secondary

#EAD4C1

accent

#6C13D2

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FD

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AACE5

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

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