#6AACEE#6AACEE

#6AACEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.118 H 249.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AACEE
RGB	rgb(106, 172, 238)
HSL	hsl(210, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(210, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 27.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -2.31, -39.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 39.46, 266.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.0409 -0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.118 249.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.1235, 38.7392, 86.4461)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AACEE #EEAC6A

analogous

#6AEEEE #6AACEE #6A6AEE

triadic

#6AACEE #EE6AAC #ACEE6A

tetradic

#6AACEE #EE6AEE #EEAC6A #6AEE6A

square

#6AACEE #EE6AEE #EEAC6A #6AEE6A

split-complementary

#6AACEE #EE6A6A #EEEE6A

monochromatic

#176FC7 #338DE8 #6AACEE #A1CBF4 #D8E9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#6AACEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#6AACEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AACEE

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AACEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AACEE	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91AEF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA1ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aacee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 172, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.118 249.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc4f4',
    500: '#6aacee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aacee;
$custom-light: #9dc4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aacee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72737,
    "c": 0.11798,
    "h": 249.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AACEE

secondary

#EFDAC5

accent

#730ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AACEE

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

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