#6EA9BE#6EA9BE

#6EA9BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.068 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6EA9BE
RGB	rgb(110, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(196, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 42%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, -13.63, -16.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 21.62, 230.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% -0.0505 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.068 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9094, 35.4066, 53.9633)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6EA9BE #BE836E

analogous

#6EBEAB #6EA9BE #6E81BE

triadic

#6EA9BE #BE6EA9 #A9BE6E

tetradic

#6EA9BE #AB6EBE #BE836E #81BE6E

square

#6EA9BE #AB6EBE #BE836E #81BE6E

split-complementary

#6EA9BE #BE6E81 #BEAB6E

monochromatic

#37697B #4A8DA5 #6EA9BE #98C2D1 #C3DBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#6EA9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#6EA9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6EA9BE

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6EA9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6EA9BE	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DB0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ea9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.068 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bc2d1',
    500: '#6ea9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ea9be;
$custom-light: #9bc2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ea9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.75,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70205,
    "c": 0.06845,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6EA9BE

secondary

#D4BCB4

accent

#785ACE

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0E1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #6EA9BE

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

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