#6CADE6#6CADE6

#6CADE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.107 H 246.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CADE6
RGB	rgb(108, 173, 230)
HSL	hsl(208, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(208, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 24.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -4.87, -34.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 35.31, 262.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0428 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.107 246.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4057, 38.7856, 80.4682)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CADE6 #E6A56C

analogous

#6CE6E2 #6CADE6 #6C70E6

triadic

#6CADE6 #E66CAD #ADE66C

tetradic

#6CADE6 #E26CE6 #E6A56C #70E66C

square

#6CADE6 #E26CE6 #E6A56C #70E66C

split-complementary

#6CADE6 #E66C70 #E6E26C

monochromatic

#1F71B8 #3890DD #6CADE6 #A0CAEF #D5E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#6CADE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#6CADE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CADE6

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CADE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CADE6	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AEE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A2E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20BBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cade6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 173, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.107 246.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec5ee',
    500: '#6cade6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cade6;
$custom-light: #9ec5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cade6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.033,
    "s": 70.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72678,
    "c": 0.10683,
    "h": 246.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CADE6

secondary

#EBD6C3

accent

#6C13D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CADE6

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

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