#6CA5E1#6CA5E1

#6CA5E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.107 H 250.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CA5E1
RGB	rgb(108, 165, 225)
HSL	hsl(211, 66%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(211, 52%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 26.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, -1.92, -36.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 36.06, 266.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.0353 -0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.107 250.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2253, 35.5321, 76.3271)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CA5E1 #E1A86C

analogous

#6CE0E1 #6CA5E1 #6D6CE1

triadic

#6CA5E1 #E16CA5 #A5E16C

tetradic

#6CA5E1 #E16CE0 #E1A86C #6CE16D

square

#6CA5E1 #E16CE0 #E1A86C #6CE16D

split-complementary

#6CA5E1 #E16D6C #E0E16C

monochromatic

#2468AF #3986D7 #6CA5E1 #9FC4EB #D2E3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#6CA5E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#6CA5E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CA5E1

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CA5E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CA5E1	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA7E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9CE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CB3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ca5e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 165, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.107 250.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dbfea',
    500: '#6ca5e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ca5e1;
$custom-light: #9dbfea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ca5e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.769,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70694,
    "c": 0.1069,
    "h": 250.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CA5E1

secondary

#E8D5C1

accent

#7518CE

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F3F7FD

border

#CDD0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CA5E1

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

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