#6AB3EC#6AB3EC

#6AB3EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.111 H 243.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AB3EC
RGB	rgb(106, 179, 236)
HSL	hsl(206, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(206, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 24.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -6.79, -35.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 36.05, 259.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0491 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.111 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1988, 41.3573, 85.3631)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AB3EC #ECA36A

analogous

#6AECE4 #6AB3EC #6A72EC

triadic

#6AB3EC #EC6AB3 #B3EC6A

tetradic

#6AB3EC #E46AEC #ECA36A #72EC6A

square

#6AB3EC #E46AEC #ECA36A #72EC6A

split-complementary

#6AB3EC #EC6A72 #ECE46A

monochromatic

#1978C3 #3497E5 #6AB3EC #A0CFF3 #D7EAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#6AB3EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#6AB3EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AB3EC

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AB3EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AB3EC	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB4EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ab3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 179, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.111 243.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc9f2',
    500: '#6ab3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ab3ec;
$custom-light: #9dc9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ab3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.308,
    "s": 77.381,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74178,
    "c": 0.11065,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AB3EC

secondary

#EED6C4

accent

#660CDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AB3EC

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

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