#6AC6EE#6AC6EE

#6AC6EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.104 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AC6EE
RGB	rgb(106, 198, 238)
HSL	hsl(198, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(198, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 16.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.84, -16.33, -28.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.84, 32.54, 239.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% -0.0692 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.105 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5647, 49.6216, 88.2599)
Luminance	0.4963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AC6EE #EE926A

analogous

#6AEED4 #6AC6EE #6A84EE

triadic

#6AC6EE #EE6AC6 #C6EE6A

tetradic

#6AC6EE #D46AEE #EE926A #84EE6A

square

#6AC6EE #D46AEE #EE926A #84EE6A

split-complementary

#6AC6EE #EE6A84 #EED46A

monochromatic

#1792C7 #33B1E8 #6AC6EE #A1DBF4 #D8F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#6AC6EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#6AC6EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AC6EE

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AC6EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AC6EE	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ac6ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 198, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.104 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed7f3',
    500: '#6ac6ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ac6ee;
$custom-light: #9ed7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ac6ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.182,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78496,
    "c": 0.1045,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AC6EE

secondary

#EFD2C5

accent

#490ADC

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AC6EE

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

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