#6AAEEE#6AAEEE

#6AAEEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.116 H 248.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AAEEE
RGB	rgb(106, 174, 238)
HSL	hsl(209, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(209, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 26.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -3.43, -38.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 38.68, 264.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.043 -0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.116 248.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5070, 39.5062, 86.5740)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AAEEE #EEAA6A

analogous

#6AEEEC #6AAEEE #6A6CEE

triadic

#6AAEEE #EE6AAE #AEEE6A

tetradic

#6AAEEE #EC6AEE #EEAA6A #6CEE6A

square

#6AAEEE #EC6AEE #EEAA6A #6CEE6A

split-complementary

#6AAEEE #EE6A6C #EEEC6A

monochromatic

#1771C7 #3390E8 #6AAEEE #A1CCF4 #D8EAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#6AAEEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#6AAEEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AAEEE

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AAEEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AAEEE	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aaeee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 174, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.116 248.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc6f3',
    500: '#6aaeee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aaeee;
$custom-light: #9dc6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aaeee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.091,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73174,
    "c": 0.11642,
    "h": 248.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AAEEE

secondary

#EFD9C5

accent

#700ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AAEEE

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

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