#6EA8BE#6EA8BE

#6EA8BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.068 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EA8BE
RGB	rgb(110, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(197, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 42%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, -13.10, -17.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 21.64, 232.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% -0.0492 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.068 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7240, 35.0359, 53.9015)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6EA8BE #BE846E

analogous

#6EBEAC #6EA8BE #6E80BE

triadic

#6EA8BE #BE6EA8 #A8BE6E

tetradic

#6EA8BE #AC6EBE #BE846E #80BE6E

square

#6EA8BE #AC6EBE #BE846E #80BE6E

split-complementary

#6EA8BE #BE6E80 #BEAC6E

monochromatic

#37687B #4A8CA5 #6EA8BE #98C1D1 #C3DBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#6EA8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#6EA8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EA8BE

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EA8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EA8BE	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909CBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DAFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ea8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.068 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bc1d1',
    500: '#6ea8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ea8be;
$custom-light: #9bc1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ea8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.5,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69977,
    "c": 0.06837,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EA8BE

secondary

#D4BDB4

accent

#7A5ACE

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0E1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EA8BE

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

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