#6CA9CE#6CA9CE

#6CA9CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.083 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CA9CE
RGB	rgb(108, 169, 206)
HSL	hsl(203, 50%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(203, 48%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 18%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, -9.70, -24.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 26.77, 248.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.0462 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.083 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5089, 36.0180, 63.6723)
Luminance	0.3602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CA9CE #CE916C

analogous

#6CCEC2 #6CA9CE #6C78CE

triadic

#6CA9CE #CE6CA9 #A9CE6C

tetradic

#6CA9CE #C26CCE #CE916C #78CE6C

square

#6CA9CE #C26CCE #CE916C #78CE6C

split-complementary

#6CA9CE #CE6C78 #CEC26C

monochromatic

#306C90 #3F8EBE #6CA9CE #9AC4DD #C8DFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#6CA9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#6CA9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CA9CE

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CA9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CA9CE	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A8D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9DCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EB3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ca9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 169, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.083 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bc2dd',
    500: '#6ca9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ca9ce;
$custom-light: #9bc2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ca9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.653,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7074,
    "c": 0.08325,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CA9CE

secondary

#DDC6B9

accent

#6028BD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CA9CE

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

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