#6AB9CD#6AB9CD

#6AB9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.083 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AB9CD
RGB	rgb(106, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(192, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(192, 48%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -18.93, -17.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 25.87, 222.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.067 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.083 216)
XYZ	xyz(34.3081, 42.1671, 64.0769)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AB9CD #CD7E6A

analogous

#6ACDAF #6AB9CD #6A87CD

triadic

#6AB9CD #CD6AB9 #B9CD6A

tetradic

#6AB9CD #AF6ACD #CD7E6A #87CD6A

square

#6AB9CD #AF6ACD #CD7E6A #87CD6A

split-complementary

#6AB9CD #CD6A87 #CDAF6A

monochromatic

#2F7A8D #3FA2BB #6AB9CD #98CFDC #C6E4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#6AB9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#6AB9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AB9CD

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AB9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AB9CD	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ab9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.083 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bcedc',
    500: '#6ab9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ab9cd;
$custom-light: #9bcedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ab9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.121,
    "s": 49.749,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74246,
    "c": 0.08279,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.4217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AB9CD

secondary

#DCBEB7

accent

#4628BD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AB9CD

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

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