#6EA8E7#6EA8E7

#6EA8E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.111 H 251.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EA8E7
RGB	rgb(110, 168, 231)
HSL	hsl(211, 72%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(211, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 27.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, -1.36, -37.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 37.48, 267.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.0352 -0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.111 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8518, 37.0870, 80.9078)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6EA8E7 #E7AD6E

analogous

#6EE4E7 #6EA8E7 #716EE7

triadic

#6EA8E7 #E76EA8 #A8E76E

tetradic

#6EA8E7 #E76EE4 #E7AD6E #6EE771

square

#6EA8E7 #E76EE4 #E7AD6E #6EE771

split-complementary

#6EA8E7 #E7716E #E4E76E

monochromatic

#1F6ABC #3988DE #6EA8E7 #A3C8F0 #D7E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#6EA8E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#6EA8E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EA8E7

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EA8E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EA8E7	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EABEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9FE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AB6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ea8e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 168, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.111 251.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc1ef',
    500: '#6ea8e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ea8e7;
$custom-light: #9fc1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ea8e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.24,
    "s": 71.598,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71731,
    "c": 0.11079,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EA8E7

secondary

#ECD9C5

accent

#7712D4

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EA8E7

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

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