#6CAAE5#6CAAE5

#6CAAE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.108 H 248.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CAAE5
RGB	rgb(108, 170, 229)
HSL	hsl(209, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(209, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 25.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -3.51, -35.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 35.95, 264.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0397 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.108 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6969, 37.5920, 79.5411)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CAAE5 #E5A76C

analogous

#6CE5E3 #6CAAE5 #6C6DE5

triadic

#6CAAE5 #E56CAA #AAE56C

tetradic

#6CAAE5 #E36CE5 #E5A76C #6DE56C

square

#6CAAE5 #E36CE5 #E5A76C #6DE56C

split-complementary

#6CAAE5 #E56C6D #E5E36C

monochromatic

#206DB6 #388CDC #6CAAE5 #A0C8EE #D4E6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#6CAAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#6CAAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CAAE5

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CAAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CAAE5	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	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)

#92ACE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A0E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24B8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6caae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 170, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.108 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc3ed',
    500: '#6caae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6caae5;
$custom-light: #9dc3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6caae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.256,
    "s": 69.942,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71974,
    "c": 0.10782,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CAAE5

secondary

#EAD6C3

accent

#7014D2

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CAAE5

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

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