#6CADE4#6CADE4

#6CADE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.105 H 245.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CADE4
RGB	rgb(108, 173, 228)
HSL	hsl(208, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(208, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 24.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -5.47, -34.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 34.44, 260.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0434 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.105 245.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1265, 38.6739, 78.9975)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CADE4 #E4A36C

analogous

#6CE4DF #6CADE4 #6C71E4

triadic

#6CADE4 #E46CAD #ADE46C

tetradic

#6CADE4 #DF6CE4 #E4A36C #71E46C

square

#6CADE4 #DF6CE4 #E4A36C #71E46C

split-complementary

#6CADE4 #E46C71 #E4DF6C

monochromatic

#2171B4 #3890DB #6CADE4 #A0CAED #D3E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#6CADE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#6CADE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CADE4

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CADE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CADE4	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AEE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A2E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24BAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cade4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 173, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.105 245.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc5ec',
    500: '#6cade4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cade4;
$custom-light: #9dc5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cade4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.5,
    "s": 68.966,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72587,
    "c": 0.10454,
    "h": 245.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CADE4

secondary

#EAD4C2

accent

#6B15D1

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CADE4

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

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