#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
RGBrgb(106, 201, 234)
HSLhsl(195, 75%, 67%)
HSVhsv(195, 55%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(54.7%, 14.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LABlab(76.54, -19.03, -24.91)
CIE-LCHlch(76.54, 31.35, 232.62°)
OKLaboklab(79.01% -0.0739 -0.0692)
OKLCHoklch(79.01% 0.101 223.1)
XYZxyz(41.6761, 50.7742, 85.4301)
Luminance0.5078 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##6AC9EA1.001.8811.1611.16
#FFFFFF1.881.0021.0021.00
#00000011.1621.001.001.00
##00000011.1621.001.001.00

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

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#6AC9EA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva