#6AB8DC#6AB8DC

#6AB8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.093 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AB8DC
RGB	rgb(106, 184, 220)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(199, 52%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 16.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -14.20, -25.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 29.15, 240.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0602 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.093 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9978, 42.5094, 74.0044)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AB8DC #DC8E6A

analogous

#6ADCC7 #6AB8DC #6A7FDC

triadic

#6AB8DC #DC6AB8 #B8DC6A

tetradic

#6AB8DC #C76ADC #DC8E6A #7FDC6A

square

#6AB8DC #C76ADC #DC8E6A #7FDC6A

split-complementary

#6AB8DC #DC6A7F #DCC76A

monochromatic

#277DA5 #38A0D0 #6AB8DC #9CD0E8 #CDE7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#6AB8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#6AB8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AB8DC

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AB8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AB8DC	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ab8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 184, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.093 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccde7',
    500: '#6ab8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ab8dc;
$custom-light: #9ccde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ab8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.947,
    "s": 61.957,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74606,
    "c": 0.09287,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AB8DC

secondary

#E5CABD

accent

#531CCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FC

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AB8DC

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

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