#6AC4E4#6AC4E4

#6AC4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.097 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AC4E4
RGB	rgb(106, 196, 228)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 14%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, -18.17, -24.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 30.23, 233.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.64% -0.0706 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(77.64% 0.097 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6820, 48.1419, 80.5849)
Luminance	0.4814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AC4E4 #E48A6A

analogous

#6AE4C7 #6AC4E4 #6A87E4

triadic

#6AC4E4 #E46AC4 #C4E46A

tetradic

#6AC4E4 #C76AE4 #E48A6A #87E46A

square

#6AC4E4 #C76AE4 #E48A6A #87E46A

split-complementary

#6AC4E4 #E46A87 #E4C76A

monochromatic

#208DB3 #36AFDB #6AC4E4 #9ED9ED #D2EDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#6AC4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#6AC4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AC4E4

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AC4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AC4E4	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C0E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ac4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 196, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.097 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dd6ec',
    500: '#6ac4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ac4e4;
$custom-light: #9dd6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ac4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.738,
    "s": 69.318,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77643,
    "c": 0.09739,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AC4E4

secondary

#E9CBC0

accent

#4614D1

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AC4E4

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

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