#6AB4E9#6AB4E9

#6AB4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.107 H 241.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AB4E9
RGB	rgb(106, 180, 233)
HSL	hsl(205, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(205, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 22.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, -8.23, -33.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 34.52, 256.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0512 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.107 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9677, 41.5867, 83.1539)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AB4E9 #E99F6A

analogous

#6AE9DE #6AB4E9 #6A75E9

triadic

#6AB4E9 #E96AB4 #B4E96A

tetradic

#6AB4E9 #DE6AE9 #E99F6A #75E96A

square

#6AB4E9 #DE6AE9 #E99F6A #75E96A

split-complementary

#6AB4E9 #E96A75 #E9DE6A

monochromatic

#1C7ABD #3599E1 #6AB4E9 #9FCFF1 #D5EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#6AB4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#6AB4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AB4E9

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AB4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AB4E9	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA7E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ab4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 180, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.107 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcaf0',
    500: '#6ab4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ab4e9;
$custom-light: #9dcaf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ab4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.039,
    "s": 74.269,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74265,
    "c": 0.10682,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AB4E9

secondary

#ECD4C3

accent

#620FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AB4E9

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

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