#6AB5EF#6AB5EF

#6AB5EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.113 H 243.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AB5EF
RGB	rgb(106, 181, 239)
HSL	hsl(206, 81%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(206, 56%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 24.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -6.97, -35.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 36.65, 259.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.0504 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.113 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0420, 42.3406, 87.8124)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AB5EF #EFA46A

analogous

#6AEFE6 #6AB5EF #6A73EF

triadic

#6AB5EF #EF6AB5 #B5EF6A

tetradic

#6AB5EF #E66AEF #EFA46A #73EF6A

square

#6AB5EF #E66AEF #EFA46A #73EF6A

split-complementary

#6AB5EF #EF6A73 #EFE66A

monochromatic

#167BC9 #339AE9 #6AB5EF #A1D0F5 #D9ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#6AB5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#6AB5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AB5EF

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AB5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AB5EF	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB6F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA8EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ab5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 181, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.113 243.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecbf4',
    500: '#6ab5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ab5ef;
$custom-light: #9ecbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ab5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.165,
    "s": 80.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74755,
    "c": 0.11268,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AB5EF

secondary

#EFD8C6

accent

#6509DD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AB5EF

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

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