#6ACAEE#6ACAEE

#6ACAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.104 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6ACAEE
RGB	rgb(106, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(196, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(196, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, -18.40, -26.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 32.19, 235.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% -0.0735 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.104 225)
XYZ	xyz(42.4911, 51.4744, 88.5687)
Luminance	0.5148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6ACAEE #EE8E6A

analogous

#6AEED0 #6ACAEE #6A88EE

triadic

#6ACAEE #EE6ACA #CAEE6A

tetradic

#6ACAEE #D06AEE #EE8E6A #88EE6A

square

#6ACAEE #D06AEE #EE8E6A #88EE6A

split-complementary

#6ACAEE #EE6A88 #EED06A

monochromatic

#1797C7 #33B6E8 #6ACAEE #A1DEF4 #D8F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#6ACAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#6ACAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6ACAEE

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6ACAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6ACAEE	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B8EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6acaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.104 225.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6acaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79396,
    "c": 0.10388,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.51478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6ACAEE

secondary

#C45E38

accent

#430ADC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #6ACAEE

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

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