#6AC5EE#6AC5EE

#6AC5EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.105 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AC5EE
RGB	rgb(106, 197, 238)
HSL	hsl(199, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(199, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 17.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, -15.81, -28.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 32.65, 241.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0681 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.105 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3369, 49.1660, 88.1839)
Luminance	0.4917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AC5EE #EE936A

analogous

#6AEED5 #6AC5EE #6A83EE

triadic

#6AC5EE #EE6AC5 #C5EE6A

tetradic

#6AC5EE #D56AEE #EE936A #83EE6A

square

#6AC5EE #D56AEE #EE936A #83EE6A

split-complementary

#6AC5EE #EE6A83 #EED56A

monochromatic

#1790C7 #33B0E8 #6AC5EE #A1DAF4 #D8F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#6AC5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#6AC5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AC5EE

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AC5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AC5EE	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB4ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ac5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 197, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.105 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed6f3',
    500: '#6ac5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ac5ee;
$custom-light: #9ed6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ac5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.636,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78271,
    "c": 0.10472,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AC5EE

secondary

#EFD2C5

accent

#4B0ADC

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AC5EE

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

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