#6AC4E9#6AC4E9

#6AC4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.101 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AC4E9
RGB	rgb(106, 196, 233)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -16.74, -26.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 31.42, 237.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.0688 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.101 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3862, 48.4236, 84.2934)
Luminance	0.4843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AC4E9 #E98F6A

analogous

#6AE9CE #6AC4E9 #6A85E9

triadic

#6AC4E9 #E96AC4 #C4E96A

tetradic

#6AC4E9 #CE6AE9 #E98F6A #85E96A

square

#6AC4E9 #CE6AE9 #E98F6A #85E96A

split-complementary

#6AC4E9 #E96A85 #E9CE6A

monochromatic

#1C8EBD #35AFE1 #6AC4E9 #9FD9F1 #D5EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#6AC4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#6AC4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AC4E9

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AC4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AC4E9	1.00	1.97	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ac4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 196, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.101 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed6f0',
    500: '#6ac4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ac4e9;
$custom-light: #9ed6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ac4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.48,
    "s": 74.269,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77843,
    "c": 0.10099,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AC4E9

secondary

#ECCFC3

accent

#490FD6

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AC4E9

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

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