#6AAEE8#6AAEE8

#6AAEE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.109 H 245.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AAEE8
RGB	rgb(106, 174, 232)
HSL	hsl(208, 73%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(208, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 25%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -5.25, -35.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 36.03, 261.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0449 -0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.109 245.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6402, 39.1595, 82.0087)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AAEE8 #E8A46A

analogous

#6AE8E3 #6AAEE8 #6A6FE8

triadic

#6AAEE8 #E86AAE #AEE86A

tetradic

#6AAEE8 #E36AE8 #E8A46A #6FE86A

square

#6AAEE8 #E36AE8 #E8A46A #6FE86A

split-complementary

#6AAEE8 #E86A6F #E8E36A

monochromatic

#1D72BB #3591E0 #6AAEE8 #9FCBF0 #D4E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#6AAEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#6AAEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AAEE8

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AAEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AAEE8	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AFEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A2E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0EBCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aaee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 174, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.109 245.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc6ef',
    500: '#6aaee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aaee8;
$custom-light: #9dc6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aaee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.619,
    "s": 73.256,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72894,
    "c": 0.10948,
    "h": 245.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AAEE8

secondary

#EBD5C2

accent

#6B10D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AAEE8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →