#6AB5CE#6AB5CE

#6AB5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.083 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AB5CE
RGB	rgb(106, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(195, 51%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(195, 49%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -16.58, -19.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 25.87, 230.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.062 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.083 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6042, 40.5654, 64.4396)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AB5CE #CE836A

analogous

#6ACEB5 #6AB5CE #6A83CE

triadic

#6AB5CE #CE6AB5 #B5CE6A

tetradic

#6AB5CE #B56ACE #CE836A #83CE6A

square

#6AB5CE #B56ACE #CE836A #83CE6A

split-complementary

#6AB5CE #CE6A83 #CEB56A

monochromatic

#2F778F #3E9DBD #6AB5CE #98CCDD #C6E3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#6AB5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#6AB5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AB5CE

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AB5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AB5CE	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A6CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ab5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.083 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bcbdd',
    500: '#6ab5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ab5ce;
$custom-light: #9bcbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ab5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 50.505,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73367,
    "c": 0.0828,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AB5CE

secondary

#DDC1B7

accent

#4D28BE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AB5CE

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

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