#6CADEE#6CADEE

#6CADEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.116 H 249.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CADEE
RGB	rgb(108, 173, 238)
HSL	hsl(210, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(210, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 27.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -2.46, -38.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 38.90, 266.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0403 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.116 249.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5550, 39.2453, 86.5211)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CADEE #EEAD6C

analogous

#6CEEEE #6CADEE #6C6CEE

triadic

#6CADEE #EE6CAD #ADEE6C

tetradic

#6CADEE #EE6CEE #EEAD6C #6CEE6C

square

#6CADEE #EE6CEE #EEAD6C #6CEE6C

split-complementary

#6CADEE #EE6C6C #EEEE6C

monochromatic

#1770C8 #358EE8 #6CADEE #A3CCF4 #DAEAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#6CADEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#6CADEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CADEE

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CADEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CADEE	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AFF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A2ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0BBCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cadee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 173, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.116 249.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec5f3',
    500: '#6cadee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cadee;
$custom-light: #9ec5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cadee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 79.268,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7305,
    "c": 0.11621,
    "h": 249.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CADEE

secondary

#EFDBC7

accent

#730ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CADEE

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

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