#6AAEEF#6AAEEF

#6AAEEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.118 H 248.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AAEEF
RGB	rgb(106, 174, 239)
HSL	hsl(209, 81%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(209, 56%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 27.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -3.12, -39.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 39.14, 265.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.0428 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.118 248.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6543, 39.5651, 87.3499)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AAEEF #EFAB6A

analogous

#6AEFED #6AAEEF #6A6CEF

triadic

#6AAEEF #EF6AAE #AEEF6A

tetradic

#6AAEEF #ED6AEF #EFAB6A #6CEF6A

square

#6AAEEF #ED6AEF #EFAB6A #6CEF6A

split-complementary

#6AAEEF #EF6A6C #EFED6A

monochromatic

#1671C9 #3390E9 #6AAEEF #A1CCF5 #D9EAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#6AAEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#6AAEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AAEEF

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AAEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AAEEF	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B0F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A3EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6aaeef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 174, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.118 248.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc6f4',
    500: '#6aaeef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6aaeef;
$custom-light: #9dc6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6aaeef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.323,
    "s": 80.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73221,
    "c": 0.11761,
    "h": 248.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AAEEF

secondary

#EFDAC6

accent

#7009DD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AAEEF

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

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