#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
RGBrgb(106, 172, 239)
HSLhsl(210, 81%, 68%)
HSVhsv(210, 56%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(55.6%, 28%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LABlab(68.60, -2.01, -39.88)
CIE-LCHlch(68.60, 39.93, 267.12°)
OKLaboklab(72.79% -0.0406 -0.1121)
OKLCHoklch(72.79% 0.119 250.1)
XYZxyz(36.2708, 38.7981, 87.2220)
Luminance0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##6AACEF1.002.408.768.76
#FFFFFF2.401.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7621.001.001.00
##0000008.7621.001.001.00

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

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#6AACEF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva