#6AADE9#6AADE9

#6AADE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.111 H 247.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AADE9
RGB	rgb(106, 173, 233)
HSL	hsl(208, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(208, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 25.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -4.40, -36.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 36.83, 263.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0435 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.111 247)
XYZ	xyz(35.5901, 38.8315, 82.6947)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AADE9 #E9A66A

analogous

#6AE9E5 #6AADE9 #6A6EE9

triadic

#6AADE9 #E96AAD #ADE96A

tetradic

#6AADE9 #E56AE9 #E9A66A #6EE96A

square

#6AADE9 #E56AE9 #E9A66A #6EE96A

split-complementary

#6AADE9 #E96A6E #E9E56A

monochromatic

#1C71BD #3590E1 #6AADE9 #9FCAF1 #D5E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#6AADE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#6AADE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AADE9

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AADE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AADE9	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A2E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0BBBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aade9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 173, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.111 247.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc5f0',
    500: '#6aade9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aade9;
$custom-light: #9dc5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aade9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.346,
    "s": 74.269,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72721,
    "c": 0.11134,
    "h": 247
  },
  "luminance": 0.38835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AADE9

secondary

#ECD6C3

accent

#6D0FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AADE9

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

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