#6AAEEC#6AAEEC

#6AAEEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.114 H 247.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AAEEC
RGB	rgb(106, 174, 236)
HSL	hsl(209, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(209, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 26.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -4.04, -37.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 37.79, 263.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0437 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.114 247.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2148, 39.3893, 85.0351)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#6AAEEC #ECA86A

analogous

#6AECE9 #6AAEEC #6A6DEC

triadic

#6AAEEC #EC6AAE #AEEC6A

tetradic

#6AAEEC #E96AEC #ECA86A #6DEC6A

square

#6AAEEC #E96AEC #ECA86A #6DEC6A

split-complementary

#6AAEEC #EC6A6D #ECE96A

monochromatic

#1972C3 #3490E5 #6AAEEC #A0CCF3 #D7E9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#6AAEEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#6AAEEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AAEEC

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AAEEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AAEEC	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aaeec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 174, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.114 247.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc6f2',
    500: '#6aaeec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aaeec;
$custom-light: #9dc6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aaeec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.615,
    "s": 77.381,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7308,
    "c": 0.11408,
    "h": 247.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AAEEC

secondary

#EED8C4

accent

#6E0CDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AAEEC

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

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