#6C8CD6#6C8CD6

#6C8CD6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.117 H 265.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C8CD6
RGB	rgb(108, 140, 214)
HSL	hsl(222, 56%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(222, 50%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 34.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.79, 9.13, -41.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.79, 42.43, 282.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% -0.0092 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.117 265.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6960, 26.7975, 67.3183)
Luminance	0.2680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C8CD6 #D6B66C

analogous

#6CC1D6 #6C8CD6 #816CD6

triadic

#6C8CD6 #D66C8C #8CD66C

tetradic

#6C8CD6 #D66CC1 #D6B66C #6CD681

square

#6C8CD6 #D66CC1 #D6B66C #6CD681

split-complementary

#6C8CD6 #D6816C #C1D66C

monochromatic

#2C4E9C #3C67C9 #6C8CD6 #9CB1E3 #CCD7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#6C8CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#6C8CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6C8CD6

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C8CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6C8CD6	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7093D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6489D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E9CA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c8cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 140, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.117 265.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cade3',
    500: '#6c8cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c8cd6;
$custom-light: #9cade3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c8cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.887,
    "s": 56.383,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64774,
    "c": 0.11712,
    "h": 265.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C8CD6

secondary

#E2D6BC

accent

#9322C4

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F2F4FB

border

#CCCED4

text

#0F1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C8CD6

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

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