#6AB8DD#6AB8DD

#6AB8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.094 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AB8DD
RGB	rgb(106, 184, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(199, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 16.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -13.91, -25.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 29.45, 241.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.0598 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.094 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1306, 42.5626, 74.7040)
Luminance	0.4257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AB8DD #DD8F6A

analogous

#6ADDC9 #6AB8DD #6A7FDD

triadic

#6AB8DD #DD6AB8 #B8DD6A

tetradic

#6AB8DD #C96ADD #DD8F6A #7FDD6A

square

#6AB8DD #C96ADD #DD8F6A #7FDD6A

split-complementary

#6AB8DD #DD6A7F #DDC96A

monochromatic

#267DA7 #38A0D2 #6AB8DD #9CD0E8 #CEE7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#6AB8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#6AB8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AB8DD

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AB8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AB8DD	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ab8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 184, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.094 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccde7',
    500: '#6ab8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ab8dd;
$custom-light: #9ccde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ab8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.304,
    "s": 62.842,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74647,
    "c": 0.0937,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AB8DD

secondary

#E5CABD

accent

#531BCB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FC

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AB8DD

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

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