#6CA9EC#6CA9EC

#6CA9EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.117 H 251.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CA9EC
RGB	rgb(108, 169, 236)
HSL	hsl(211, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(211, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 28.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, -0.83, -39.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 39.59, 268.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.0365 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.117 251.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5073, 37.6173, 84.7303)
Luminance	0.3762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CA9EC #ECAF6C

analogous

#6CE9EC #6CA9EC #6F6CEC

triadic

#6CA9EC #EC6CA9 #A9EC6C

tetradic

#6CA9EC #EC6CE9 #ECAF6C #6CEC6F

square

#6CA9EC #EC6CE9 #ECAF6C #6CEC6F

split-complementary

#6CA9EC #EC6F6C #E9EC6C

monochromatic

#196BC4 #3689E5 #6CA9EC #A2C9F3 #D8E8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#6CA9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#6CA9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CA9EC

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CA9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CA9EC	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EACEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9FEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16B8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ca9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 169, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.117 251.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec2f2',
    500: '#6ca9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ca9ec;
$custom-light: #9ec2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ca9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.406,
    "s": 77.108,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72086,
    "c": 0.11706,
    "h": 251.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CA9EC

secondary

#EEDBC6

accent

#780CD9

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CA9EC

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

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