#6EA6BE#6EA6BE

#6EA6BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.068 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EA6BE
RGB	rgb(110, 166, 190)
HSL	hsl(198, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 42%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 12.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, -12.03, -18.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 21.72, 236.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% -0.0468 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.068 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3576, 34.3032, 53.7794)
Luminance	0.3431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6EA6BE #BE866E

analogous

#6EBEAE #6EA6BE #6E7EBE

triadic

#6EA6BE #BE6EA6 #A6BE6E

tetradic

#6EA6BE #AE6EBE #BE866E #7EBE6E

square

#6EA6BE #AE6EBE #BE866E #7EBE6E

split-complementary

#6EA6BE #BE6E7E #BEAE6E

monochromatic

#37667B #4A8AA5 #6EA6BE #98C0D1 #C3DAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#6EA6BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#6EA6BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EA6BE

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EA6BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EA6BE	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ea6be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 166, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.068 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bc0d1',
    500: '#6ea6be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ea6be;
$custom-light: #9bc0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ea6be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6952,
    "c": 0.06837,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EA6BE

secondary

#D4BEB4

accent

#7D5ACE

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0E1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EA6BE

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

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