#A6CEEB#A6CEEB

#A6CEEB is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.059 H 239.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6CEEB
RGB	rgb(166, 206, 235)
HSL	hsl(205, 63%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(205, 29%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.88, -6.57, -18.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.88, 19.72, 250.54°)
OKLab	oklab(83.24% -0.0295 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(83.24% 0.059 239.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.7881, 58.2455, 87.0423)
Luminance	0.5825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6CEEB #EBC3A6

analogous

#A6EBE5 #A6CEEB #A6ABEB

triadic

#A6CEEB #EBA6CE #CEEBA6

tetradic

#A6CEEB #E5A6EB #EBC3A6 #ABEBA6

square

#A6CEEB #E5A6EB #EBC3A6 #ABEBA6

split-complementary

#A6CEEB #EBA6AB #EBE5A6

monochromatic

#4297D5 #74B2E0 #A6CEEB #D8EAF6 #E6F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#A6CEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#A6CEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6CEEB

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6CEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6CEEB	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CDEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C5EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91D5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6ceeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 206, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.059 239.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2dcf1',
    500: '#a6ceeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6ceeb;
$custom-light: #c2dcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6ceeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.217,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83243,
    "c": 0.05882,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6CEEB

secondary

#C7946E

accent

#651ACB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6CEEB

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

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