#6AB9DC#6AB9DC

#6AB9DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.093 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AB9DC
RGB	rgb(106, 185, 220)
HSL	hsl(198, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(198, 52%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 15.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -14.72, -25.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 29.04, 239.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0613 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.093 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2063, 42.9263, 74.0739)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AB9DC #DC8D6A

analogous

#6ADCC6 #6AB9DC #6A80DC

triadic

#6AB9DC #DC6AB9 #B9DC6A

tetradic

#6AB9DC #C66ADC #DC8D6A #80DC6A

square

#6AB9DC #C66ADC #DC8D6A #80DC6A

split-complementary

#6AB9DC #DC6A80 #DCC66A

monochromatic

#277EA5 #38A2D0 #6AB9DC #9CD0E8 #CDE8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#6AB9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#6AB9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AB9DC

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AB9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AB9DC	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ab9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 185, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.093 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccee7',
    500: '#6ab9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ab9dc;
$custom-light: #9ccee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ab9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.421,
    "s": 61.957,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74832,
    "c": 0.09268,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AB9DC

secondary

#E5C9BD

accent

#511CCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FC

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AB9DC

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

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