#6CACE6#6CACE6

#6CACE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.108 H 247.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CACE6
RGB	rgb(108, 172, 230)
HSL	hsl(209, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(209, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 25.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -4.32, -35.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 35.66, 263.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0417 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.108 247.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2147, 38.4035, 80.4045)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CACE6 #E6A66C

analogous

#6CE6E3 #6CACE6 #6C6FE6

triadic

#6CACE6 #E66CAC #ACE66C

tetradic

#6CACE6 #E36CE6 #E6A66C #6FE66C

square

#6CACE6 #E36CE6 #E6A66C #6FE66C

split-complementary

#6CACE6 #E66C6F #E6E36C

monochromatic

#1F70B8 #388EDD #6CACE6 #A0CAEF #D5E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#6CACE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#6CACE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CACE6

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CACE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CACE6	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ADE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A1E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21BAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cace6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 172, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.108 247.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec4ee',
    500: '#6cace6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cace6;
$custom-light: #9ec4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cace6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.525,
    "s": 70.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72459,
    "c": 0.10754,
    "h": 247.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CACE6

secondary

#EBD6C3

accent

#6E13D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CACE6

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

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