#6AAEDD#6AAEDD

#6AAEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.097 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AAEDD
RGB	rgb(106, 174, 221)
HSL	hsl(205, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(205, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 21.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, -8.53, -30.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 31.48, 254.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0485 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.097 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1263, 38.5540, 74.0359)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AAEDD #DD996A

analogous

#6ADDD3 #6AAEDD #6A75DD

triadic

#6AAEDD #DD6AAE #AEDD6A

tetradic

#6AAEDD #D36ADD #DD996A #75DD6A

square

#6AAEDD #D36ADD #DD996A #75DD6A

split-complementary

#6AAEDD #DD6A75 #DDD36A

monochromatic

#2672A7 #3893D2 #6AAEDD #9CC9E8 #CEE4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#6AAEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#6AAEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AAEDD

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AAEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AAEDD	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26BABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aaedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 174, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.097 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc6e7',
    500: '#6aaedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aaedd;
$custom-light: #9cc6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aaedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.522,
    "s": 62.842,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72402,
    "c": 0.09745,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AAEDD

secondary

#E5CEBD

accent

#631BCB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FC

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AAEDD

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

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