#6FA9BE#6FA9BE

#6FA9BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.068 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6FA9BE
RGB	rgb(111, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(196, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 42%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -13.38, -16.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 21.40, 231.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% -0.0496 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.068 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0345, 35.4711, 53.9692)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#6FA9BE #BE846F

analogous

#6FBEAC #6FA9BE #6F82BE

triadic

#6FA9BE #BE6FA9 #A9BE6F

tetradic

#6FA9BE #AC6FBE #BE846F #82BE6F

square

#6FA9BE #AC6FBE #BE846F #82BE6F

split-complementary

#6FA9BE #BE6F82 #BEAC6F

monochromatic

#38697B #4B8DA5 #6FA9BE #99C2D1 #C3DBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#6FA9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#6FA9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6FA9BE

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6FA9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6FA9BE	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EB0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6fa9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(111, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.068 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc2d1',
    500: '#6fa9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6fa9be;
$custom-light: #9cc2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6fa9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 111,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.949,
    "s": 37.799,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70258,
    "c": 0.06766,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6FA9BE

secondary

#D4BDB5

accent

#795ACE

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0E1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #6FA9BE

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

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