#6AC9EE#6AC9EE

#6AC9EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.104 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AC9EE
RGB	rgb(106, 201, 238)
HSL	hsl(197, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(197, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.68, -17.88, -26.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.68, 32.25, 236.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.17% -0.0724 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(79.17% 0.104 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.2572, 51.0066, 88.4907)
Luminance	0.5101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AC9EE #EE8F6A

analogous

#6AEED1 #6AC9EE #6A87EE

triadic

#6AC9EE #EE6AC9 #C9EE6A

tetradic

#6AC9EE #D16AEE #EE8F6A #87EE6A

square

#6AC9EE #D16AEE #EE8F6A #87EE6A

split-complementary

#6AC9EE #EE6A87 #EED16A

monochromatic

#1796C7 #33B5E8 #6AC9EE #A1DDF4 #D8F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#6AC9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#6AC9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AC9EE

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AC9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AC9EE	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B7EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ac9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 201, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.104 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed9f3',
    500: '#6ac9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ac9ee;
$custom-light: #9ed9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ac9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.818,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79171,
    "c": 0.10399,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AC9EE

secondary

#C45F38

accent

#450ADC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AC9EE

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

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