#A6CAEE#A6CAEE

#A6CAEE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.064 H 248.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6CAEE
RGB	rgb(166, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(210, 68%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(210, 30%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.91, -3.74, -21.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.91, 21.98, 260.20°)
OKLab	oklab(82.51% -0.0233 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(82.51% 0.064 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.2744, 56.5189, 89.0273)
Luminance	0.5652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6CAEE #EECAA6

analogous

#A6EEEE #A6CAEE #A6A6EE

triadic

#A6CAEE #EEA6CA #CAEEA6

tetradic

#A6CAEE #EEA6EE #EECAA6 #A6EEA6

square

#A6CAEE #EEA6EE #EECAA6 #A6EEA6

split-complementary

#A6CAEE #EEA6A6 #EEEEA6

monochromatic

#3F8DDA #73ABE4 #A6CAEE #D9E9F8 #E5F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#A6CAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#A6CAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6CAEE

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6CAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6CAEE	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90D2D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6caee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.064 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2daf3',
    500: '#a6caee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6caee;
$custom-light: #c2daf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6caee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82514,
    "c": 0.06383,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6CAEE

secondary

#CB9C6D

accent

#7316D0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6CAEE

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

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