#6AC5EA#6AC5EA

#6AC5EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.102 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AC5EA
RGB	rgb(106, 197, 234)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(197, 55%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 15.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -16.97, -26.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 31.59, 237.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0695 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.102 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.7557, 48.9335, 85.1233)
Luminance	0.4894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AC5EA #EA8F6A

analogous

#6AEACF #6AC5EA #6A85EA

triadic

#6AC5EA #EA6AC5 #C5EA6A

tetradic

#6AC5EA #CF6AEA #EA8F6A #85EA6A

square

#6AC5EA #CF6AEA #EA8F6A #85EA6A

split-complementary

#6AC5EA #EA6A85 #EACF6A

monochromatic

#1B8FBF #34B0E2 #6AC5EA #A0DAF2 #D5EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#6AC5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#6AC5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AC5EA

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AC5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AC5EA	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ac5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 197, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.102 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed6f0',
    500: '#6ac5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ac5ea;
$custom-light: #9ed6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ac5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.344,
    "s": 75.294,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78108,
    "c": 0.10159,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AC5EA

secondary

#EDCFC3

accent

#480ED7

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AC5EA

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

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