#6AB9EE#6AB9EE

#6AB9EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.109 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AB9EE
RGB	rgb(106, 185, 238)
HSL	hsl(204, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(204, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 22.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -9.45, -33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 35.07, 254.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0551 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.109 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7197, 43.9317, 87.3116)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AB9EE #EE9F6A

analogous

#6AEEE1 #6AB9EE #6A77EE

triadic

#6AB9EE #EE6AB9 #B9EE6A

tetradic

#6AB9EE #E16AEE #EE9F6A #77EE6A

square

#6AB9EE #E16AEE #EE9F6A #77EE6A

split-complementary

#6AB9EE #EE6A77 #EEE16A

monochromatic

#1780C7 #339FE8 #6AB9EE #A1D3F4 #D8EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#6AB9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#6AB9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AB9EE

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AB9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AB9EE	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B9F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FABED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ab9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 185, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.109 239.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecef3',
    500: '#6ab9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ab9ee;
$custom-light: #9ecef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ab9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.091,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75594,
    "c": 0.10931,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AB9EE

secondary

#EFD6C5

accent

#5E0ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AB9EE

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

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