#6AC4EF#6AC4EF

#6AC4EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.106 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AC4EF
RGB	rgb(106, 196, 239)
HSL	hsl(199, 81%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(199, 56%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 18%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, -14.99, -29.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 33.08, 243.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.0667 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.106 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2579, 48.7723, 88.8844)
Luminance	0.4878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AC4EF #EF956A

analogous

#6AEFD7 #6AC4EF #6A82EF

triadic

#6AC4EF #EF6AC4 #C4EF6A

tetradic

#6AC4EF #D76AEF #EF956A #82EF6A

square

#6AC4EF #D76AEF #EF956A #82EF6A

split-complementary

#6AC4EF #EF6A82 #EFD76A

monochromatic

#168FC9 #33AEE9 #6AC4EF #A1DAF5 #D9F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#6AC4EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#6AC4EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AC4EF

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AC4EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AC4EF	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB3EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ac4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 196, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.106 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed5f4',
    500: '#6ac4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ac4ef;
$custom-light: #9ed5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ac4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.398,
    "s": 80.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78089,
    "c": 0.10581,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AC4EF

secondary

#EFD3C6

accent

#4D09DD

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AC4EF

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

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