#6CAED1#6CAED1

#6CAED1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.084 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CAED1
RGB	rgb(108, 174, 209)
HSL	hsl(201, 52%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(201, 48%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 16.7%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -11.55, -24.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 26.87, 244.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.0511 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.084 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8249, 38.0612, 65.9260)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CAED1 #D18F6C

analogous

#6CD1C2 #6CAED1 #6C7CD1

triadic

#6CAED1 #D16CAE #AED16C

tetradic

#6CAED1 #C26CD1 #D18F6C #7CD16C

square

#6CAED1 #C26CD1 #D18F6C #7CD16C

split-complementary

#6CAED1 #D16C7C #D1C26C

monochromatic

#2E7194 #3D94C2 #6CAED1 #9BC8E0 #C9E1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#6CAED1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#6CAED1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CAED1

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CAED1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CAED1	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DACD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA1D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AB7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6caed1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 174, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.084 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc6df',
    500: '#6caed1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6caed1;
$custom-light: #9cc6df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6caed1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.792,
    "s": 52.332,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71991,
    "c": 0.08447,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CAED1

secondary

#DFC7BA

accent

#5B26C0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CAED1

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

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