#6AC9EA#6AC9EA

#6AC9EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.101 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AC9EA
RGB	rgb(106, 201, 234)
HSL	hsl(195, 75%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(195, 55%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 14.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, -19.03, -24.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 31.35, 232.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.01% -0.0739 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(79.01% 0.101 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.6761, 50.7742, 85.4301)
Luminance	0.5078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AC9EA #EA8B6A

analogous

#6AEACB #6AC9EA #6A89EA

triadic

#6AC9EA #EA6AC9 #C9EA6A

tetradic

#6AC9EA #CB6AEA #EA8B6A #89EA6A

square

#6AC9EA #CB6AEA #EA8B6A #89EA6A

split-complementary

#6AC9EA #EA6A89 #EACB6A

monochromatic

#1B94BF #34B6E2 #6AC9EA #A0DCF2 #D5F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#6AC9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#6AC9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AC9EA

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AC9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AC9EA	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C5EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ac9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 201, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.101 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed9f0',
    500: '#6ac9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ac9ea;
$custom-light: #9ed9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ac9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.469,
    "s": 75.294,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79011,
    "c": 0.10121,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AC9EA

secondary

#BE5C3B

accent

#420ED7

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#0F1416

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AC9EA

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

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