#6AC9EB#6AC9EB

#6AC9EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.102 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AC9EB
RGB	rgb(106, 201, 235)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(196, 55%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 14.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.58, -18.75, -25.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.58, 31.56, 233.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% -0.0735 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.102 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.8201, 50.8318, 86.1888)
Luminance	0.5084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AC9EB #EB8C6A

analogous

#6AEBCD #6AC9EB #6A89EB

triadic

#6AC9EB #EB6AC9 #C9EB6A

tetradic

#6AC9EB #CD6AEB #EB8C6A #89EB6A

square

#6AC9EB #CD6AEB #EB8C6A #89EB6A

split-complementary

#6AC9EB #EB6A89 #EBCD6A

monochromatic

#1A95C1 #34B5E4 #6AC9EB #A0DDF2 #D6F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#6AC9EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#6AC9EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AC9EB

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AC9EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AC9EB	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C5ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ac9eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 201, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.102 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed9f1',
    500: '#6ac9eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ac9eb;
$custom-light: #9ed9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ac9eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.814,
    "s": 76.331,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79051,
    "c": 0.10188,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AC9EB

secondary

#BF5D3A

accent

#430DD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#0F1416

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AC9EB

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

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