#6AAEE0#6AAEE0

#6AAEE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.101 H 241.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AAEE0
RGB	rgb(106, 174, 224)
HSL	hsl(205, 66%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(205, 53%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 22.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -7.65, -31.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 32.68, 256.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0475 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.101 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5296, 38.7153, 76.1597)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AAEE0 #E09C6A

analogous

#6AE0D7 #6AAEE0 #6A73E0

triadic

#6AAEE0 #E06AAE #AEE06A

tetradic

#6AAEE0 #D76AE0 #E09C6A #73E06A

square

#6AAEE0 #D76AE0 #E09C6A #73E06A

split-complementary

#6AAEE0 #E06A73 #E0D76A

monochromatic

#2472AC #3792D5 #6AAEE0 #9DCAEB #CFE5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#6AAEE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#6AAEE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AAEE0

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AAEE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AAEE0	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AEE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21BABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aaee0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 174, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.101 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc6ea',
    500: '#6aaee0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aaee0;
$custom-light: #9cc6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aaee0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.424,
    "s": 65.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72534,
    "c": 0.10063,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AAEE0

secondary

#E7D0BF

accent

#6518CD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FD

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AAEE0

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

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