#6AB4CE#6AB4CE

#6AB4CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.083 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AB4CE
RGB	rgb(106, 180, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 51%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 49%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 12.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -16.05, -20.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 25.88, 231.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0608 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.083 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4016, 40.1602, 64.3721)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AB4CE #CE846A

analogous

#6ACEB6 #6AB4CE #6A82CE

triadic

#6AB4CE #CE6AB4 #B4CE6A

tetradic

#6AB4CE #B66ACE #CE846A #82CE6A

square

#6AB4CE #B66ACE #CE846A #82CE6A

split-complementary

#6AB4CE #CE6A82 #CEB66A

monochromatic

#2F768F #3E9CBD #6AB4CE #98CBDD #C6E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#6AB4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#6AB4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AB4CE

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AB4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AB4CE	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ab4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 180, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.083 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bcadd',
    500: '#6ab4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ab4ce;
$custom-light: #9bcadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ab4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.6,
    "s": 50.505,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73138,
    "c": 0.08275,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AB4CE

secondary

#DDC1B7

accent

#4F28BE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AB4CE

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

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