#6AB5EE#6AB5EE

#6AB5EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.112 H 243.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AB5EE
RGB	rgb(106, 181, 238)
HSL	hsl(206, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(206, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 23.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -7.28, -35.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 36.24, 258.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.0507 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.112 243)
XYZ	xyz(37.8947, 42.2817, 87.0365)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AB5EE #EEA36A

analogous

#6AEEE5 #6AB5EE #6A73EE

triadic

#6AB5EE #EE6AB5 #B5EE6A

tetradic

#6AB5EE #E56AEE #EEA36A #73EE6A

square

#6AB5EE #E56AEE #EEA36A #73EE6A

split-complementary

#6AB5EE #EE6A73 #EEE56A

monochromatic

#177BC7 #339AE8 #6AB5EE #A1D0F4 #D8ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#6AB5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#6AB5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AB5EE

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AB5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AB5EE	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ab5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 181, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.112 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcbf3',
    500: '#6ab5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ab5ee;
$custom-light: #9dcbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ab5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.909,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7471,
    "c": 0.11159,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.42285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AB5EE

secondary

#EFD7C5

accent

#640ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AB5EE

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

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