#6AACE6#6AACE6

#6AACE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.109 H 246.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AACE6
RGB	rgb(106, 172, 230)
HSL	hsl(208, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(208, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 25.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, -4.75, -35.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 35.86, 262.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0433 -0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.109 246.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9742, 38.2795, 80.3932)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AACE6 #E6A46A

analogous

#6AE6E2 #6AACE6 #6A6EE6

triadic

#6AACE6 #E66AAC #ACE66A

tetradic

#6AACE6 #E26AE6 #E6A46A #6EE66A

square

#6AACE6 #E26AE6 #E6A46A #6EE66A

split-complementary

#6AACE6 #E66A6E #E6E26A

monochromatic

#1F70B7 #368FDD #6AACE6 #9EC9EF #D3E6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#6AACE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#6AACE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AACE6

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AACE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AACE6	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ADE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A1E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16BAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aace6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 172, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.109 246.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc4ee',
    500: '#6aace6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aace6;
$custom-light: #9cc4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aace6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.065,
    "s": 71.264,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72362,
    "c": 0.10859,
    "h": 246.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AACE6

secondary

#EAD5C1

accent

#6D12D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AACE6

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

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