#6CAEC6#6CAEC6

#6CAEC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.076 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CAEC6
RGB	rgb(108, 174, 198)
HSL	hsl(196, 44%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 45%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 12.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, -14.63, -18.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 23.80, 232.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0552 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.076 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5097, 37.5351, 58.9997)
Luminance	0.3754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CAEC6 #C6846C

analogous

#6CC6B1 #6CAEC6 #6C81C6

triadic

#6CAEC6 #C66CAE #AEC66C

tetradic

#6CAEC6 #B16CC6 #C6846C #81C66C

square

#6CAEC6 #B16CC6 #C6846C #81C66C

split-complementary

#6CAEC6 #C66C81 #C6B16C

monochromatic

#336F84 #4494B0 #6CAEC6 #98C6D7 #C4DFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#6CAEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#6CAEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CAEC6

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CAEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CAEC6	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ABC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A0C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42B6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6caec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 174, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.076 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bc6d7',
    500: '#6caec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6caec6;
$custom-light: #9bc6d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6caec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 44.118,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71553,
    "c": 0.0757,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CAEC6

secondary

#D8BFB6

accent

#7654D4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CAEC6

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

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