#61ACD8#61ACD8

#61ACD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.099 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#61ACD8
RGB	rgb(97, 172, 216)
HSL	hsl(202, 60%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(202, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 20.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -10.86, -29.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 31.31, 249.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.0549 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.099 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0724, 37.0015, 70.4043)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#61ACD8 #D88D61

analogous

#61D8C9 #61ACD8 #6171D8

triadic

#61ACD8 #D861AC #ACD861

tetradic

#61ACD8 #C961D8 #D88D61 #71D861

square

#61ACD8 #C961D8 #D88D61 #71D861

split-complementary

#61ACD8 #D86171 #D8C961

monochromatic

#266E99 #3292CA #61ACD8 #92C6E4 #C3E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#61ACD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#61ACD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #61ACD8

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##61ACD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##61ACD8	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ABDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879ED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #61acd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(97, 172, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.099 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96c4e4',
    500: '#61acd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #61acd8;
$custom-light: #96c4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#61acd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 97,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.185,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71322,
    "c": 0.09864,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#61ACD8

secondary

#E1C5B4

accent

#5D1DC8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #61ACD8

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

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