#6AC4EC#6AC4EC

#6AC4EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.103 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AC4EC
RGB	rgb(106, 196, 236)
HSL	hsl(198, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(198, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 16.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -15.87, -28.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 32.22, 240.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0677 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.103 229)
XYZ	xyz(40.8184, 48.5965, 86.5696)
Luminance	0.4860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AC4EC #EC926A

analogous

#6AECD3 #6AC4EC #6A83EC

triadic

#6AC4EC #EC6AC4 #C4EC6A

tetradic

#6AC4EC #D36AEC #EC926A #83EC6A

square

#6AC4EC #D36AEC #EC926A #83EC6A

split-complementary

#6AC4EC #EC6A83 #ECD36A

monochromatic

#198EC3 #34AFE5 #6AC4EC #A0D9F3 #D7EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#6AC4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#6AC4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AC4EC

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AC4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AC4EC	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ac4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 196, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.103 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed5f2',
    500: '#6ac4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ac4ec;
$custom-light: #9ed5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ac4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 77.381,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77965,
    "c": 0.10333,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AC4EC

secondary

#EED1C4

accent

#4B0CDA

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AC4EC

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

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