#6AD0E8#6AD0E8

#6AD0E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.101 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AD0E8
RGB	rgb(106, 208, 232)
HSL	hsl(191, 73%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(191, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 10.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, -23.14, -20.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 31.20, 222.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.0822 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.101 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.0595, 53.9981, 84.4818)
Luminance	0.5400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AD0E8 #E8826A

analogous

#6AE8C1 #6AD0E8 #6A91E8

triadic

#6AD0E8 #E86AD0 #D0E86A

tetradic

#6AD0E8 #C16AE8 #E8826A #91E86A

square

#6AD0E8 #C16AE8 #E8826A #91E86A

split-complementary

#6AD0E8 #E86A91 #E8C16A

monochromatic

#1D9DBB #35BFE0 #6AD0E8 #9FE1F0 #D4F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#6AD0E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#6AD0E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AD0E8

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AD0E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AD0E8	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCAE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBCE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ad0e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 208, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.101 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9edeef',
    500: '#6ad0e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ad0e8;
$custom-light: #9edeef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ad0e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 73.256,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80523,
    "c": 0.10058,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AD0E8

secondary

#BA543C

accent

#3610D5

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AD0E8

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

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