#6CAEC8#6CAEC8

#6CAEC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.077 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CAEC8
RGB	rgb(108, 174, 200)
HSL	hsl(197, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 46%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 13%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, -14.07, -19.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 24.28, 234.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.0544 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.077 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7419, 37.6280, 60.2226)
Luminance	0.3763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CAEC8 #C8866C

analogous

#6CC8B4 #6CAEC8 #6C80C8

triadic

#6CAEC8 #C86CAE #AEC86C

tetradic

#6CAEC8 #B46CC8 #C8866C #80C86C

square

#6CAEC8 #B46CC8 #C8866C #80C86C

split-complementary

#6CAEC8 #C86C80 #C8B46C

monochromatic

#336F87 #4394B4 #6CAEC8 #99C7D9 #C5DFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#6CAEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#6CAEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CAEC8

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CAEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CAEC8	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ABC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A1C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41B6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6caec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 174, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.077 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bc6d8',
    500: '#6caec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6caec8;
$custom-light: #9bc6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6caec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.957,
    "s": 45.545,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7163,
    "c": 0.07711,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CAEC8

secondary

#D9C0B6

accent

#542DB9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CAEC8

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

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