#6AB4E6#6AB4E6

#6AB4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.104 H 239.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AB4E6
RGB	rgb(106, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(204, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(204, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, -9.13, -32.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 33.35, 254.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0522 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.104 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5428, 41.4167, 80.9161)
Luminance	0.4142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AB4E6 #E69C6A

analogous

#6AE6DA #6AB4E6 #6A76E6

triadic

#6AB4E6 #E66AB4 #B4E66A

tetradic

#6AB4E6 #DA6AE6 #E69C6A #76E66A

square

#6AB4E6 #DA6AE6 #E69C6A #76E66A

split-complementary

#6AB4E6 #E66A76 #E6DA6A

monochromatic

#1F7AB7 #369ADD #6AB4E6 #9ECEEF #D3E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#6AB4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#6AB4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AB4E6

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AB4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AB4E6	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0EC1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ab4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.104 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcaee',
    500: '#6ab4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ab4e6;
$custom-light: #9dcaee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ab4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.194,
    "s": 71.264,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74132,
    "c": 0.10369,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AB4E6

secondary

#EAD2C1

accent

#6012D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AB4E6

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

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