#6AAED9#6AAED9

#6AAED9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.093 H 237.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AAED9
RGB	rgb(106, 174, 217)
HSL	hsl(203, 59%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(203, 51%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 19.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -9.71, -28.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 29.96, 251.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0498 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.093 237.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5998, 38.3433, 71.2626)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AAED9 #D9956A

analogous

#6AD9CC #6AAED9 #6A76D9

triadic

#6AAED9 #D96AAE #AED96A

tetradic

#6AAED9 #CC6AD9 #D9956A #76D96A

square

#6AAED9 #CC6AD9 #D9956A #76D96A

split-complementary

#6AAED9 #D96A76 #D9CC6A

monochromatic

#2972A0 #3993CD #6AAED9 #9BC9E5 #CCE3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#6AAED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#6AAED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AAED9

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AAED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AAED9	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AADDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BB9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aaed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 174, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.093 237.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bc6e5',
    500: '#6aaed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aaed9;
$custom-light: #9bc6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aaed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.243,
    "s": 59.358,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72229,
    "c": 0.09335,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AAED9

secondary

#E3CBBC

accent

#601EC7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0F1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AAED9

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

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