#6CACE3#6CACE3

#6CACE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.104 H 245.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CACE3
RGB	rgb(108, 172, 227)
HSL	hsl(208, 68%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(208, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 24.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -5.22, -33.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 34.35, 261.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.0426 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.104 245.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.7971, 38.2364, 78.2048)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CACE3 #E3A36C

analogous

#6CE3DE #6CACE3 #6C70E3

triadic

#6CACE3 #E36CAC #ACE36C

tetradic

#6CACE3 #DE6CE3 #E3A36C #70E36C

square

#6CACE3 #DE6CE3 #E3A36C #70E36C

split-complementary

#6CACE3 #E36C70 #E3DE6C

monochromatic

#2270B3 #398FD9 #6CACE3 #9FC9ED #D3E6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#6CACE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#6CACE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CACE3

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CACE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CACE3	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ADE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A1E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26B9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cace3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 172, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.104 245.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc4ec',
    500: '#6cace3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cace3;
$custom-light: #9dc4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cace3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.731,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72322,
    "c": 0.10408,
    "h": 245.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CACE3

secondary

#E9D4C2

accent

#6C16D0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CACE3

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

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