#6AB5EC#6AB5EC

#6AB5EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.109 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AB5EC
RGB	rgb(106, 181, 236)
HSL	hsl(205, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(205, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 23.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, -7.88, -34.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 35.43, 257.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.0513 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.109 242)
XYZ	xyz(37.6025, 42.1648, 85.4977)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AB5EC #ECA16A

analogous

#6AECE2 #6AB5EC #6A74EC

triadic

#6AB5EC #EC6AB5 #B5EC6A

tetradic

#6AB5EC #E26AEC #ECA16A #74EC6A

square

#6AB5EC #E26AEC #ECA16A #74EC6A

split-complementary

#6AB5EC #EC6A74 #ECE26A

monochromatic

#197BC3 #349AE5 #6AB5EC #A0D0F3 #D7EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#6AB5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#6AB5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AB5EC

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AB5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AB5EC	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ab5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 181, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.109 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcbf2',
    500: '#6ab5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ab5ec;
$custom-light: #9dcbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ab5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.385,
    "s": 77.381,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7462,
    "c": 0.10944,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.42168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AB5EC

secondary

#EED6C4

accent

#630CDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AB5EC

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

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