#6AC7EE#6AC7EE

#6AC7EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.104 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AC7EE
RGB	rgb(106, 199, 238)
HSL	hsl(198, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(198, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 16.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, -16.85, -27.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 32.43, 238.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0703 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.104 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.7940, 50.0802, 88.3363)
Luminance	0.5008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AC7EE #EE916A

analogous

#6AEED3 #6AC7EE #6A85EE

triadic

#6AC7EE #EE6AC7 #C7EE6A

tetradic

#6AC7EE #D36AEE #EE916A #85EE6A

square

#6AC7EE #D36AEE #EE916A #85EE6A

split-complementary

#6AC7EE #EE6A85 #EED36A

monochromatic

#1793C7 #33B2E8 #6AC7EE #A1DCF4 #D8F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#6AC7EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#6AC7EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AC7EE

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AC7EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AC7EE	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B6EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ac7ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 199, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.104 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed8f3',
    500: '#6ac7ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ac7ee;
$custom-light: #9ed8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ac7ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.727,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78721,
    "c": 0.10431,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AC7EE

secondary

#C46138

accent

#480ADC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AC7EE

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

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