#6AAEE3#6AAEE3

#6AAEE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.104 H 243.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AAEE3
RGB	rgb(106, 174, 227)
HSL	hsl(206, 68%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(206, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 23.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -6.75, -33.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 33.91, 258.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0465 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.104 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9400, 38.8794, 78.3214)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AAEE3 #E39F6A

analogous

#6AE3DC #6AAEE3 #6A71E3

triadic

#6AAEE3 #E36AAE #AEE36A

tetradic

#6AAEE3 #DC6AE3 #E39F6A #71E36A

square

#6AAEE3 #DC6AE3 #E39F6A #71E36A

split-complementary

#6AAEE3 #E36A71 #E3DC6A

monochromatic

#2172B1 #3692D9 #6AAEE3 #9ECAED #D1E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#6AAEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#6AAEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AAEE3

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AAEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AAEE3	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AEE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BBBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aaee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 174, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.104 243.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc6ec',
    500: '#6aaee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aaee3;
$custom-light: #9cc6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aaee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.281,
    "s": 68.362,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72668,
    "c": 0.10389,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AAEE3

secondary

#E9D2C0

accent

#6715D0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FD

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AAEE3

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

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