#6AB9E7#6AB9E7

#6AB9E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.102 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AB9E7
RGB	rgb(106, 185, 231)
HSL	hsl(202, 72%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(202, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 19.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, -11.52, -30.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 32.50, 249.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.0574 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.102 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7113, 43.5284, 82.0003)
Luminance	0.4353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AB9E7 #E7986A

analogous

#6AE7D6 #6AB9E7 #6A7AE7

triadic

#6AB9E7 #E76AB9 #B9E76A

tetradic

#6AB9E7 #D66AE7 #E7986A #7AE76A

square

#6AB9E7 #D66AE7 #E7986A #7AE76A

split-complementary

#6AB9E7 #E76A7A #E7D66A

monochromatic

#1E80B9 #35A0DF #6AB9E7 #9FD2EF #D3EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#6AB9E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#6AB9E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AB9E7

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AB9E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AB9E7	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B8E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92AAE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03C5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ab9e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 185, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.102 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dceee',
    500: '#6ab9e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ab9e7;
$custom-light: #9dceee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ab9e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.08,
    "s": 72.254,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7529,
    "c": 0.10237,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AB9E7

secondary

#EBD1C2

accent

#5911D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AB9E7

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

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