#6ACAED#6ACAED

#6ACAED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.103 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6ACAED
RGB	rgb(106, 202, 237)
HSL	hsl(196, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(196, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 14.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, -18.68, -25.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 31.96, 234.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0739 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.103 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.3446, 51.4158, 87.7971)
Luminance	0.5142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#6ACAED #ED8D6A

analogous

#6AEDCF #6ACAED #6A88ED

triadic

#6ACAED #ED6ACA #CAED6A

tetradic

#6ACAED #CF6AED #ED8D6A #88ED6A

square

#6ACAED #CF6AED #ED8D6A #88ED6A

split-complementary

#6ACAED #ED6A88 #EDCF6A

monochromatic

#1897C5 #33B7E6 #6ACAED #A1DDF4 #D7F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#6ACAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#6ACAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6ACAED

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6ACAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6ACAED	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C6EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6acaed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 202, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.103 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9edaf3',
    500: '#6acaed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6acaed;
$custom-light: #9edaf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6acaed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.031,
    "s": 78.443,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79356,
    "c": 0.10318,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6ACAED

secondary

#C35D39

accent

#420BDB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6ACAED

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

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