#6AB4E1#6AB4E1

#6AB4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.099 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AB4E1
RGB	rgb(106, 180, 225)
HSL	hsl(203, 66%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(203, 53%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 20%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -10.61, -29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 31.49, 250.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0539 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.099 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8507, 41.1399, 77.2711)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AB4E1 #E1976A

analogous

#6AE1D2 #6AB4E1 #6A79E1

triadic

#6AB4E1 #E16AB4 #B4E16A

tetradic

#6AB4E1 #D26AE1 #E1976A #79E16A

square

#6AB4E1 #D26AE1 #E1976A #79E16A

split-complementary

#6AB4E1 #E16A79 #E1D26A

monochromatic

#2379AE #379AD7 #6AB4E1 #9DCEEB #D0E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#6AB4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#6AB4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AB4E1

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AB4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AB4E1	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB3E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA6E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CC0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ab4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 180, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.099 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccaea',
    500: '#6ab4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ab4e1;
$custom-light: #9ccaea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ab4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.689,
    "s": 66.48,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73916,
    "c": 0.09866,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AB4E1

secondary

#E8CEBF

accent

#5C17CE

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FD

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AB4E1

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

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