#6AAEE6#6AAEE6

#6AAEE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.107 H 244.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AAEE6
RGB	rgb(106, 174, 230)
HSL	hsl(207, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(207, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 24.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -5.85, -34.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 35.17, 260.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0455 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.107 244.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.3577, 39.0465, 80.5210)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AAEE6 #E6A26A

analogous

#6AE6E0 #6AAEE6 #6A70E6

triadic

#6AAEE6 #E66AAE #AEE66A

tetradic

#6AAEE6 #E06AE6 #E6A26A #70E66A

square

#6AAEE6 #E06AE6 #E6A26A #70E66A

split-complementary

#6AAEE6 #E66A70 #E6E06A

monochromatic

#1F72B7 #3692DD #6AAEE6 #9ECAEF #D3E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#6AAEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#6AAEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AAEE6

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AAEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AAEE6	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AFE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A2E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14BBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aaee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 174, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.107 244.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc6ee',
    500: '#6aaee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aaee6;
$custom-light: #9cc6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aaee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.097,
    "s": 71.264,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72803,
    "c": 0.10722,
    "h": 244.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AAEE6

secondary

#EAD4C1

accent

#6912D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AAEE6

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

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