#6AB2E7#6AB2E7

#6AB2E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.106 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AB2E7
RGB	rgb(106, 178, 231)
HSL	hsl(205, 72%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(205, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 22.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -7.74, -33.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 34.31, 256.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.0497 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.106 242)
XYZ	xyz(36.2828, 40.6714, 81.5242)
Luminance	0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AB2E7 #E79F6A

analogous

#6AE7DD #6AB2E7 #6A73E7

triadic

#6AB2E7 #E76AB2 #B2E76A

tetradic

#6AB2E7 #DD6AE7 #E79F6A #73E76A

square

#6AB2E7 #DD6AE7 #E79F6A #73E76A

split-complementary

#6AB2E7 #E76A73 #E7DD6A

monochromatic

#1E77B9 #3597DF #6AB2E7 #9FCDEF #D3E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#6AB2E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#6AB2E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AB2E7

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AB2E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AB2E7	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB2E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA5E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DBFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ab2e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 178, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.106 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc8ee',
    500: '#6ab2e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ab2e7;
$custom-light: #9dc8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ab2e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.44,
    "s": 72.254,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73733,
    "c": 0.10583,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.40674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AB2E7

secondary

#EBD3C2

accent

#6411D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AB2E7

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

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