#6C8EA0#6C8EA0

#6C8EA0 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.047 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C8EA0
RGB	rgb(108, 142, 160)
HSL	hsl(201, 21%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(201, 33%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 11.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.14, -7.35, -13.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.14, 15.24, 241.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% -0.0291 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.047 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2005, 25.0711, 36.9203)
Luminance	0.2507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C8EA0 #A07E6C

analogous

#6CA098 #6C8EA0 #6C74A0

triadic

#6C8EA0 #A06C8E #8EA06C

tetradic

#6C8EA0 #986CA0 #A07E6C #74A06C

square

#6C8EA0 #986CA0 #A07E6C #74A06C

split-complementary

#6C8EA0 #A06C74 #A0986C

monochromatic

#394E58 #516E7E #6C8EA0 #91ABB8 #B6C7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#6C8EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#6C8EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6C8EA0

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C8EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6C8EA0	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858DA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E87A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B9394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c8ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 142, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.047 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97afbc',
    500: '#6c8ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c8ea0;
$custom-light: #97afbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c8ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.769,
    "s": 21.488,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62761,
    "c": 0.04672,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C8EA0

secondary

#BFB0A9

accent

#876ABE

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F6

border

#CCCED0

text

#0E1012

muted

#7E7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C8EA0

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

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