#6AB2E9#6AB2E9

#6AB2E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.108 H 243.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AB2E9
RGB	rgb(106, 178, 233)
HSL	hsl(206, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(206, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 23.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -7.14, -34.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 35.13, 258.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.049 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.108 243)
XYZ	xyz(36.5669, 40.7850, 83.0203)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AB2E9 #E9A16A

analogous

#6AE9E0 #6AB2E9 #6A73E9

triadic

#6AB2E9 #E96AB2 #B2E96A

tetradic

#6AB2E9 #E06AE9 #E9A16A #73E96A

square

#6AB2E9 #E06AE9 #E9A16A #73E96A

split-complementary

#6AB2E9 #E96A73 #E9E06A

monochromatic

#1C77BD #3596E1 #6AB2E9 #9FCEF1 #D5E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#6AB2E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#6AB2E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AB2E9

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AB2E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AB2E9	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A5E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04BFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ab2e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 178, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.108 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc8f0',
    500: '#6ab2e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ab2e9;
$custom-light: #9dc8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ab2e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.984,
    "s": 74.269,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73822,
    "c": 0.108,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.40788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AB2E9

secondary

#ECD5C3

accent

#650FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AB2E9

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

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