#6AACEF#6AACEF

#6AACEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.119 H 250.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AACEF
RGB	rgb(106, 172, 239)
HSL	hsl(210, 81%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(210, 56%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 28%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -2.01, -39.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 39.93, 267.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0406 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.119 250.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2708, 38.7981, 87.2220)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AACEF #EFAD6A

analogous

#6AEEEF #6AACEF #6B6AEF

triadic

#6AACEF #EF6AAC #ACEF6A

tetradic

#6AACEF #EF6AEE #EFAD6A #6AEF6B

square

#6AACEF #EF6AEE #EFAD6A #6AEF6B

split-complementary

#6AACEF #EF6B6A #EEEF6A

monochromatic

#166FC9 #338DE9 #6AACEF #A1CBF5 #D9EAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#6AACEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#6AACEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AACEF

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AACEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AACEF	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AFF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA1EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aacef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 172, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.119 250.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aacef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.226,
    "s": 80.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72785,
    "c": 0.11919,
    "h": 250.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AACEF

secondary

#EFDBC6

accent

#7409DD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AACEF

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

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