#6AB6EE#6AB6EE

#6AB6EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.111 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AB6EE
RGB	rgb(106, 182, 238)
HSL	hsl(205, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(205, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 23.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -7.82, -35.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 35.93, 257.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.0518 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.111 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0988, 42.6898, 87.1046)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AB6EE #EEA26A

analogous

#6AEEE4 #6AB6EE #6A74EE

triadic

#6AB6EE #EE6AB6 #B6EE6A

tetradic

#6AB6EE #E46AEE #EEA26A #74EE6A

square

#6AB6EE #E46AEE #EEA26A #74EE6A

split-complementary

#6AB6EE #EE6A74 #EEE46A

monochromatic

#177CC7 #339BE8 #6AB6EE #A1D1F4 #D8ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#6AB6EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#6AB6EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AB6EE

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AB6EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AB6EE	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ab6ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 182, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.111 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcbf3',
    500: '#6ab6ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ab6ee;
$custom-light: #9dcbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ab6ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.455,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74931,
    "c": 0.11098,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AB6EE

secondary

#EFD7C5

accent

#630ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AB6EE

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

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