#6AACEA#6AACEA

#6AACEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.113 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AACEA
RGB	rgb(106, 172, 234)
HSL	hsl(209, 75%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(209, 55%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 26.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -3.54, -37.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 37.64, 264.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0421 -0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.113 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5423, 38.5068, 83.3855)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AACEA #EAA86A

analogous

#6AEAE8 #6AACEA #6A6CEA

triadic

#6AACEA #EA6AAC #ACEA6A

tetradic

#6AACEA #E86AEA #EAA86A #6CEA6A

square

#6AACEA #E86AEA #EAA86A #6CEA6A

split-complementary

#6AACEA #EA6A6C #EAE86A

monochromatic

#1B6FBF #348EE2 #6AACEA #A0CAF2 #D5E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#6AACEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#6AACEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AACEA

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AACEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AACEA	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07BBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aacea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 172, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.113 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc4f1',
    500: '#6aacea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aacea;
$custom-light: #9dc4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aacea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.063,
    "s": 75.294,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72548,
    "c": 0.11324,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AACEA

secondary

#EDD7C3

accent

#700ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AACEA

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

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