#6AADE6#6AADE6

#6AADE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.108 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AADE6
RGB	rgb(106, 173, 230)
HSL	hsl(208, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(208, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 24.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -5.30, -35.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 35.51, 261.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0444 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.108 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1652, 38.6616, 80.4569)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AADE6 #E6A36A

analogous

#6AE6E1 #6AADE6 #6A6FE6

triadic

#6AADE6 #E66AAD #ADE66A

tetradic

#6AADE6 #E16AE6 #E6A36A #6FE66A

square

#6AADE6 #E16AE6 #E6A36A #6FE66A

split-complementary

#6AADE6 #E66A6F #E6E16A

monochromatic

#1F71B7 #3690DD #6AADE6 #9ECAEF #D3E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#6AADE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#6AADE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AADE6

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AADE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AADE6	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AEE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A2E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15BBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aade6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 173, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.108 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc5ee',
    500: '#6aade6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aade6;
$custom-light: #9cc5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aade6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.581,
    "s": 71.264,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72583,
    "c": 0.1079,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AADE6

secondary

#EAD4C1

accent

#6B12D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AADE6

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

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