#6AB4DD#6AB4DD

#6AB4DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.095 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AB4DD
RGB	rgb(106, 180, 221)
HSL	hsl(201, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(201, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -11.78, -27.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 30.09, 246.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0553 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.095 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3115, 40.9242, 74.4309)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AB4DD #DD936A

analogous

#6ADDCD #6AB4DD #6A7BDD

triadic

#6AB4DD #DD6AB4 #B4DD6A

tetradic

#6AB4DD #CD6ADD #DD936A #7BDD6A

square

#6AB4DD #CD6ADD #DD936A #7BDD6A

split-complementary

#6AB4DD #DD6A7B #DDCD6A

monochromatic

#2679A7 #389BD2 #6AB4DD #9CCDE8 #CEE6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#6AB4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#6AB4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AB4DD

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AB4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AB4DD	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ab4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 180, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.095 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccae7',
    500: '#6ab4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ab4dd;
$custom-light: #9ccae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ab4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.391,
    "s": 62.842,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73746,
    "c": 0.09486,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AB4DD

secondary

#E5CCBD

accent

#5A1BCB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FC

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AB4DD

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

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