#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
RGBrgb(106, 197, 238)
HSLhsl(199, 80%, 67%)
HSVhsv(199, 55%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(55.5%, 17.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(75.55, -15.81, -28.57)
CIE-LCHlch(75.55, 32.65, 241.05°)
OKLaboklab(78.27% -0.0681 -0.0795)
OKLCHoklch(78.27% 0.105 229.4)
XYZxyz(41.3369, 49.1660, 88.1839)
Luminance0.4917 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##6AC5EE1.001.9410.8310.83
#FFFFFF1.941.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8321.001.001.00
##00000010.8321.001.001.00

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

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#6AC5EE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva