#6CA9DE#6CA9DE

#6CA9DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.100 H 246.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CA9DE
RGB	rgb(108, 169, 222)
HSL	hsl(208, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(208, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 23.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, -5.05, -32.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 33.20, 261.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.0408 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.1 246)
XYZ	xyz(33.5525, 36.8354, 74.4349)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CA9DE #DEA16C

analogous

#6CDEDA #6CA9DE #6C70DE

triadic

#6CA9DE #DE6CA9 #A9DE6C

tetradic

#6CA9DE #DA6CDE #DEA16C #70DE6C

square

#6CA9DE #DA6CDE #DEA16C #70DE6C

split-complementary

#6CA9DE #DE6C70 #DEDA6C

monochromatic

#266CAA #3A8CD3 #6CA9DE #9EC6E9 #D0E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#6CA9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#6CA9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CA9DE

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CA9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CA9DE	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849EDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EB6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ca9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 169, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.100 246.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc2e8',
    500: '#6ca9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ca9de;
$custom-light: #9dc2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ca9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.895,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71434,
    "c": 0.10038,
    "h": 246
  },
  "luminance": 0.36838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CA9DE

secondary

#E6D2BF

accent

#6D1ACB

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F3F7FC

border

#CDD0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CA9DE

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

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