#6AC4E7#6AC4E7

#6AC4E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.100 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AC4E7
RGB	rgb(106, 196, 231)
HSL	hsl(197, 72%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 15.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -17.31, -25.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 30.92, 235.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% -0.0695 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.1 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1021, 48.3100, 82.7973)
Luminance	0.4831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AC4E7 #E78D6A

analogous

#6AE7CB #6AC4E7 #6A85E7

triadic

#6AC4E7 #E76AC4 #C4E76A

tetradic

#6AC4E7 #CB6AE7 #E78D6A #85E76A

square

#6AC4E7 #CB6AE7 #E78D6A #85E76A

split-complementary

#6AC4E7 #E76A85 #E7CB6A

monochromatic

#1E8DB9 #35AFDF #6AC4E7 #9FD9EF #D3EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#6AC4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#6AC4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AC4E7

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AC4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AC4E7	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C0E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB3E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ac4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 196, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.100 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dd6ee',
    500: '#6ac4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ac4e7;
$custom-light: #9dd6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ac4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 72.254,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77762,
    "c": 0.0995,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AC4E7

secondary

#EBCDC2

accent

#4811D4

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AC4E7

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

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