#6AB3CD#6AB3CD

#6AB3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.082 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AB3CD
RGB	rgb(106, 179, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 48%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -15.81, -20.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 25.68, 232.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.06 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.082 223)
XYZ	xyz(33.0793, 39.7095, 63.6673)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AB3CD #CD846A

analogous

#6ACDB6 #6AB3CD #6A81CD

triadic

#6AB3CD #CD6AB3 #B3CD6A

tetradic

#6AB3CD #B66ACD #CD846A #81CD6A

square

#6AB3CD #B66ACD #CD846A #81CD6A

split-complementary

#6AB3CD #CD6A81 #CDB66A

monochromatic

#2F758D #3F9ABB #6AB3CD #98CADC #C6E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#6AB3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#6AB3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AB3CD

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AB3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AB3CD	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ab3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 179, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.082 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ac9dc',
    500: '#6ab3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ab3cd;
$custom-light: #9ac9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ab3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.758,
    "s": 49.749,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72871,
    "c": 0.08206,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.39712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AB3CD

secondary

#DCC1B7

accent

#4F28BD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AB3CD

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

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