#6AB5CB#6AB5CB

#6AB5CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.081 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AB5CB
RGB	rgb(106, 181, 203)
HSL	hsl(194, 48%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(194, 48%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 10.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -17.41, -18.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 25.31, 226.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.0631 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.081 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2432, 40.4211, 62.5386)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AB5CB #CB806A

analogous

#6ACBB0 #6AB5CB #6A84CB

triadic

#6AB5CB #CB6AB5 #B5CB6A

tetradic

#6AB5CB #B06ACB #CB806A #84CB6A

square

#6AB5CB #B06ACB #CB806A #84CB6A

split-complementary

#6AB5CB #CB6A84 #CBB06A

monochromatic

#30768A #409DB8 #6AB5CB #97CCDB #C5E2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#6AB5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#6AB5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AB5CB

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AB5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AB5CB	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ab5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 181, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.081 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9acbda',
    500: '#6ab5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ab5cb;
$custom-light: #9acbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ab5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.608,
    "s": 48.259,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73252,
    "c": 0.08098,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AB5CB

secondary

#DBBEB6

accent

#4B2ABC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AB5CB

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

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