#6CAAED#6CAAED

#6CAAED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.117 H 251.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CAAED
RGB	rgb(108, 170, 237)
HSL	hsl(211, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(211, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 28.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -1.09, -39.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 39.65, 268.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.0373 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.117 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8397, 38.0491, 85.5599)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CAAED #EDAF6C

analogous

#6CEAED #6CAAED #6F6CED

triadic

#6CAAED #ED6CAA #AAED6C

tetradic

#6CAAED #ED6CEA #EDAF6C #6CED6F

square

#6CAAED #ED6CEA #EDAF6C #6CED6F

split-complementary

#6CAAED #ED6F6C #EAED6C

monochromatic

#186CC6 #358AE6 #6CAAED #A3CAF4 #D9E9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#6CAAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#6CAAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CAAED

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CAAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CAAED	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EADF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12B9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6caaed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 170, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.117 251.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec3f3',
    500: '#6caaed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6caaed;
$custom-light: #9ec3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6caaed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.163,
    "s": 78.182,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72351,
    "c": 0.11744,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CAAED

secondary

#EEDBC6

accent

#770BDA

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CAAED

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

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