#6C8EE3#6C8EE3

#6C8EE3 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.133 H 266.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C8EE3
RGB	rgb(108, 142, 227)
HSL	hsl(223, 68%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(223, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 37.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, 11.95, -46.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 48.34, 284.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% -0.0085 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.133 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7179, 28.0781, 76.5118)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C8EE3 #E3C16C

analogous

#6CC9E3 #6C8EE3 #856CE3

triadic

#6C8EE3 #E36C8E #8EE36C

tetradic

#6C8EE3 #E36CC9 #E3C16C #6CE385

square

#6C8EE3 #E36CC9 #E3C16C #6CE385

split-complementary

#6C8EE3 #E3856C #C9E36C

monochromatic

#224BB3 #3966D9 #6C8EE3 #9FB6ED #D3DDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#6C8EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#6C8EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6C8EE3

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C8EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6C8EE3	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C96E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E8CE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31A0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c8ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 142, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.133 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9daeec',
    500: '#6c8ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c8ee3;
$custom-light: #9daeec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c8ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65889,
    "c": 0.13277,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C8EE3

secondary

#E9DEC2

accent

#9B16D0

background

#FAFAFE

surface

#F4F4FD

border

#CECED5

text

#0F1016

muted

#7F7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C8EE3

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

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