#6AB5DC#6AB5DC

#6AB5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.094 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AB5DC
RGB	rgb(106, 181, 220)
HSL	hsl(201, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(201, 52%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 17.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, -12.60, -26.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 29.59, 244.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.0568 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.094 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3812, 41.2763, 73.7989)
Luminance	0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AB5DC #DC916A

analogous

#6ADCCA #6AB5DC #6A7CDC

triadic

#6AB5DC #DC6AB5 #B5DC6A

tetradic

#6AB5DC #CA6ADC #DC916A #7CDC6A

square

#6AB5DC #CA6ADC #DC916A #7CDC6A

split-complementary

#6AB5DC #DC6A7C #DCCA6A

monochromatic

#277AA5 #389CD0 #6AB5DC #9CCEE8 #CDE6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#6AB5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#6AB5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AB5DC

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AB5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AB5DC	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ab5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 181, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.094 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccbe7',
    500: '#6ab5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ab5dc;
$custom-light: #9ccbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ab5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.526,
    "s": 61.957,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73929,
    "c": 0.09363,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AB5DC

secondary

#E5CBBD

accent

#571CCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FC

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AB5DC

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

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