#6AC4E5#6AC4E5

#6AC4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.098 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AC4E5
RGB	rgb(106, 196, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 14.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, -17.89, -24.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 30.45, 234.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.68% -0.0703 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(77.68% 0.098 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8212, 48.1976, 81.3181)
Luminance	0.4820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AC4E5 #E58B6A

analogous

#6AE5C9 #6AC4E5 #6A86E5

triadic

#6AC4E5 #E56AC4 #C4E56A

tetradic

#6AC4E5 #C96AE5 #E58B6A #86E56A

square

#6AC4E5 #C96AE5 #E58B6A #86E56A

split-complementary

#6AC4E5 #E56A86 #E5C96A

monochromatic

#208DB5 #36AFDC #6AC4E5 #9ED9EE #D2EDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#6AC4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#6AC4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AC4E5

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AC4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AC4E5	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ac4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 196, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.098 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dd6ed',
    500: '#6ac4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ac4e5;
$custom-light: #9dd6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ac4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.098,
    "s": 70.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77683,
    "c": 0.09808,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AC4E5

secondary

#EACCC1

accent

#4613D2

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AC4E5

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

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