#6AC5EC#6AC5EC

#6AC5EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.103 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AC5EC
RGB	rgb(106, 197, 236)
HSL	hsl(198, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(198, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, -16.39, -27.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 32.11, 239.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.0688 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.103 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.0447, 49.0491, 86.6450)
Luminance	0.4905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AC5EC #EC916A

analogous

#6AECD2 #6AC5EC #6A84EC

triadic

#6AC5EC #EC6AC5 #C5EC6A

tetradic

#6AC5EC #D26AEC #EC916A #84EC6A

square

#6AC5EC #D26AEC #EC916A #84EC6A

split-complementary

#6AC5EC #EC6A84 #ECD26A

monochromatic

#1990C3 #34B0E5 #6AC5EC #A0DAF3 #D7EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#6AC5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#6AC5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AC5EC

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AC5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AC5EC	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ac5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 197, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.103 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed6f2',
    500: '#6ac5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ac5ec;
$custom-light: #9ed6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ac5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 77.381,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7819,
    "c": 0.10313,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AC5EC

secondary

#EED1C4

accent

#4A0CDA

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AC5EC

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

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