#6AC8EF#6AC8EF

#6AC8EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.105 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AC8EF
RGB	rgb(106, 200, 239)
HSL	hsl(198, 81%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(198, 56%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 16.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.44, -17.08, -27.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.44, 32.59, 238.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% -0.071 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.105 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.1722, 50.6009, 89.1891)
Luminance	0.5060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AC8EF #EF916A

analogous

#6AEFD3 #6AC8EF #6A85EF

triadic

#6AC8EF #EF6AC8 #C8EF6A

tetradic

#6AC8EF #D36AEF #EF916A #85EF6A

square

#6AC8EF #D36AEF #EF916A #85EF6A

split-complementary

#6AC8EF #EF6A85 #EFD36A

monochromatic

#1694C9 #33B4E9 #6AC8EF #A1DCF5 #D9F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#6AC8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#6AC8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AC8EF

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AC8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AC8EF	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B6EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ac8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 200, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.105 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed8f4',
    500: '#6ac8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ac8ef;
$custom-light: #9ed8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ac8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.594,
    "s": 80.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78986,
    "c": 0.10489,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AC8EF

secondary

#C66137

accent

#4709DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AC8EF

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

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