#6AAEE9#6AAEE9

#6AAEE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.111 H 246.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AAEE9
RGB	rgb(106, 174, 233)
HSL	hsl(208, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(208, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 25.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -4.95, -36.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 36.47, 262.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0446 -0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.111 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7826, 39.2165, 82.7589)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AAEE9 #E9A56A

analogous

#6AE9E5 #6AAEE9 #6A6FE9

triadic

#6AAEE9 #E96AAE #AEE96A

tetradic

#6AAEE9 #E56AE9 #E9A56A #6FE96A

square

#6AAEE9 #E56AE9 #E9A56A #6FE96A

split-complementary

#6AAEE9 #E96A6F #E9E56A

monochromatic

#1C72BD #3591E1 #6AAEE9 #9FCBF1 #D5E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#6AAEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#6AAEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AAEE9

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AAEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AAEE9	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A2E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09BCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aaee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 174, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.111 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc6f0',
    500: '#6aaee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aaee9;
$custom-light: #9dc6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aaee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.874,
    "s": 74.269,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72941,
    "c": 0.11062,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AAEE9

secondary

#ECD6C3

accent

#6C0FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AAEE9

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

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