#6AACE7#6AACE7

#6AACE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.110 H 246.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AACE7
RGB	rgb(106, 172, 231)
HSL	hsl(208, 72%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(208, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 25.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -4.45, -36.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 36.30, 262.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.043 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.11 246.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1150, 38.3358, 81.1349)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AACE7 #E7A56A

analogous

#6AE7E3 #6AACE7 #6A6DE7

triadic

#6AACE7 #E76AAC #ACE76A

tetradic

#6AACE7 #E36AE7 #E7A56A #6DE76A

square

#6AACE7 #E36AE7 #E7A56A #6DE76A

split-complementary

#6AACE7 #E76A6D #E7E36A

monochromatic

#1E70B9 #358FDF #6AACE7 #9FC9EF #D3E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#6AACE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#6AACE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AACE7

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AACE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AACE7	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ADEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A1E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13BAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aace7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 172, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.110 246.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc4ef',
    500: '#6aace7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aace7;
$custom-light: #9dc4ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aace7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.32,
    "s": 72.254,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72409,
    "c": 0.10974,
    "h": 246.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AACE7

secondary

#EBD5C2

accent

#6D11D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AACE7

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

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