#6ABADD#6ABADD

#6ABADD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.093 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6ABADD
RGB	rgb(106, 186, 221)
HSL	hsl(198, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(198, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 15.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -14.96, -25.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 29.21, 239.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.0621 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.093 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5490, 43.3993, 74.8435)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6ABADD #DD8D6A

analogous

#6ADDC7 #6ABADD #6A81DD

triadic

#6ABADD #DD6ABA #BADD6A

tetradic

#6ABADD #C76ADD #DD8D6A #81DD6A

square

#6ABADD #C76ADD #DD8D6A #81DD6A

split-complementary

#6ABADD #DD6A81 #DDC76A

monochromatic

#267FA7 #38A3D2 #6ABADD #9CD1E8 #CEE8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#6ABADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#6ABADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6ABADD

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6ABADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6ABADD	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ABDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FC4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6abadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 186, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.093 228.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6abadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.261,
    "s": 62.842,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75099,
    "c": 0.0933,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6ABADD

secondary

#E5CABD

accent

#501BCB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FC

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6ABADD

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

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