#6AC8DD#6AC8DD

#6AC8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.094 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AC8DD
RGB	rgb(106, 200, 221)
HSL	hsl(191, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(191, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 9.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.82, -22.18, -19.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.82, 29.21, 220.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.29% -0.0777 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(78.29% 0.094 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6442, 49.5897, 75.8752)
Luminance	0.4959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AC8DD #DD7F6A

analogous

#6ADDB9 #6AC8DD #6A8FDD

triadic

#6AC8DD #DD6AC8 #C8DD6A

tetradic

#6AC8DD #B96ADD #DD7F6A #8FDD6A

square

#6AC8DD #B96ADD #DD7F6A #8FDD6A

split-complementary

#6AC8DD #DD6A8F #DDB96A

monochromatic

#268FA7 #38B6D2 #6AC8DD #9CDAE8 #CEEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#6AC8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#6AC8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AC8DD

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AC8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AC8DD	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15D0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ac8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 200, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.094 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dd9e7',
    500: '#6ac8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ac8dd;
$custom-light: #9dd9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ac8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.957,
    "s": 62.842,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78286,
    "c": 0.09383,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AC8DD

secondary

#E5C5BD

accent

#3B1BCB

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFC

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AC8DD

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

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