#6AC8EE#6AC8EE

#6AC8EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.104 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AC8EE
RGB	rgb(106, 200, 238)
HSL	hsl(197, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(197, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 16%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -17.37, -27.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 32.34, 237.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.0713 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.104 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.0248, 50.5419, 88.4133)
Luminance	0.5055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AC8EE #EE906A

analogous

#6AEED2 #6AC8EE #6A86EE

triadic

#6AC8EE #EE6AC8 #C8EE6A

tetradic

#6AC8EE #D26AEE #EE906A #86EE6A

square

#6AC8EE #D26AEE #EE906A #86EE6A

split-complementary

#6AC8EE #EE6A86 #EED26A

monochromatic

#1794C7 #33B4E8 #6AC8EE #A1DCF4 #D8F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#6AC8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#6AC8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AC8EE

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AC8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AC8EE	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B6EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ac8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 200, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.104 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed8f3',
    500: '#6ac8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ac8ee;
$custom-light: #9ed8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ac8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.273,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78946,
    "c": 0.10414,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AC8EE

secondary

#C46038

accent

#460ADC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AC8EE

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

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