#6CA8BE#6CA8BE

#6CA8BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.070 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CA8BE
RGB	rgb(108, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(196, 39%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 43%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, -13.61, -17.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 22.08, 231.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% -0.0509 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.07 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4779, 34.9090, 53.8900)
Luminance	0.3491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CA8BE #BE826C

analogous

#6CBEAB #6CA8BE #6C7FBE

triadic

#6CA8BE #BE6CA8 #A8BE6C

tetradic

#6CA8BE #AB6CBE #BE826C #7FBE6C

square

#6CA8BE #AB6CBE #BE826C #7FBE6C

split-complementary

#6CA8BE #BE6C7F #BEAB6C

monochromatic

#36687A #498CA4 #6CA8BE #96C1D1 #C1DAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#6CA8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#6CA8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CA8BE

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CA8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CA8BE	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9BBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49AFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ca8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.070 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ac2d1',
    500: '#6ca8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ca8be;
$custom-light: #9ac2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ca8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.098,
    "s": 38.679,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69871,
    "c": 0.06993,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CA8BE

secondary

#D3BBB3

accent

#7959CF

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0E1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CA8BE

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

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