#6AB9DB#6AB9DB

#6AB9DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.092 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AB9DB
RGB	rgb(106, 185, 219)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(198, 52%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 15.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -15.01, -24.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 28.77, 238.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0617 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.092 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0742, 42.8735, 73.3785)
Luminance	0.4288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AB9DB #DB8C6A

analogous

#6ADBC4 #6AB9DB #6A80DB

triadic

#6AB9DB #DB6AB9 #B9DB6A

tetradic

#6AB9DB #C46ADB #DB8C6A #80DB6A

square

#6AB9DB #C46ADB #DB8C6A #80DB6A

split-complementary

#6AB9DB #DB6A80 #DBC46A

monochromatic

#277EA3 #39A2CF #6AB9DB #9BD0E7 #CDE7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#6AB9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#6AB9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AB9DB

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AB9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AB9DB	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B6DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ab9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 185, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.092 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccee6',
    500: '#6ab9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ab9db;
$custom-light: #9ccee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ab9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.053,
    "s": 61.081,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74792,
    "c": 0.09189,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AB9DB

secondary

#E4C8BC

accent

#501DC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FC

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AB9DB

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

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