#6AB9EC#6AB9EC

#6AB9EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.107 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AB9EC
RGB	rgb(106, 185, 236)
HSL	hsl(204, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(204, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 21.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, -10.04, -32.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 34.31, 252.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0557 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.107 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4276, 43.8149, 85.7727)
Luminance	0.4382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AB9EC #EC9D6A

analogous

#6AECDE #6AB9EC #6A78EC

triadic

#6AB9EC #EC6AB9 #B9EC6A

tetradic

#6AB9EC #DE6AEC #EC9D6A #78EC6A

square

#6AB9EC #DE6AEC #EC9D6A #78EC6A

split-complementary

#6AB9EC #EC6A78 #ECDE6A

monochromatic

#1980C3 #34A0E5 #6AB9EC #A0D3F3 #D7ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#6AB9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#6AB9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AB9EC

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AB9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AB9EC	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90ABEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ab9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 185, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.107 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcef2',
    500: '#6ab9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ab9ec;
$custom-light: #9dcef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ab9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.538,
    "s": 77.381,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75507,
    "c": 0.10727,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AB9EC

secondary

#EED4C4

accent

#5D0CDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AB9EC

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

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