#6AC8ED#6AC8ED

#6AC8ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.103 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AC8ED
RGB	rgb(106, 200, 237)
HSL	hsl(197, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(197, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 15.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, -17.66, -26.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 32.09, 236.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% -0.0717 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.103 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.8783, 50.4833, 87.6417)
Luminance	0.5049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AC8ED #ED8F6A

analogous

#6AEDD1 #6AC8ED #6A86ED

triadic

#6AC8ED #ED6AC8 #C8ED6A

tetradic

#6AC8ED #D16AED #ED8F6A #86ED6A

square

#6AC8ED #D16AED #ED8F6A #86ED6A

split-complementary

#6AC8ED #ED6A86 #EDD16A

monochromatic

#1894C5 #33B4E6 #6AC8ED #A1DCF4 #D7F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#6AC8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#6AC8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AC8ED

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AC8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AC8ED	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C4EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ac8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 200, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.103 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed8f3',
    500: '#6ac8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ac8ed;
$custom-light: #9ed8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ac8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.947,
    "s": 78.443,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78905,
    "c": 0.1034,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AC8ED

secondary

#C36039

accent

#460BDB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AC8ED

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

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