#6CA9C8#6CA9C8

#6CA9C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.078 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CA9C8
RGB	rgb(108, 169, 200)
HSL	hsl(200, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 46%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 15.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, -11.40, -21.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 24.74, 242.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.0484 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.078 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7939, 35.7320, 59.9066)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CA9C8 #C88B6C

analogous

#6CC8B9 #6CA9C8 #6C7BC8

triadic

#6CA9C8 #C86CA9 #A9C86C

tetradic

#6CA9C8 #B96CC8 #C88B6C #7BC86C

square

#6CA9C8 #B96CC8 #C88B6C #7BC86C

split-complementary

#6CA9C8 #C86C7B #C8B96C

monochromatic

#336B87 #438EB4 #6CA9C8 #99C3D9 #C5DDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#6CA9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#6CA9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CA9C8

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CA9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CA9C8	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA7CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9DC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ca9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 169, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.078 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bc2d8',
    500: '#6ca9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ca9c8;
$custom-light: #9bc2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ca9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.217,
    "s": 45.545,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70493,
    "c": 0.0777,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CA9C8

secondary

#D9C2B6

accent

#5C2DB9

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FA

border

#CCD0D3

text

#0E1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CA9C8

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

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