#6CAED5#6CAED5

#6CAED5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.088 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CAED5
RGB	rgb(108, 174, 213)
HSL	hsl(202, 56%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(202, 49%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 18.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -10.41, -26.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 28.22, 248.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0496 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.088 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3263, 38.2618, 68.5670)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CAED5 #D5936C

analogous

#6CD5C8 #6CAED5 #6C79D5

triadic

#6CAED5 #D56CAE #AED56C

tetradic

#6CAED5 #C86CD5 #D5936C #79D56C

square

#6CAED5 #C86CD5 #D5936C #79D56C

split-complementary

#6CAED5 #D56C79 #D5C86C

monochromatic

#2C719A #3C94C7 #6CAED5 #9CC8E3 #CBE2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#6CAED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#6CAED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CAED5

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CAED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CAED5	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CADD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA1D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6caed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 174, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.088 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc6e2',
    500: '#6caed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6caed5;
$custom-light: #9cc6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6caed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72157,
    "c": 0.08818,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CAED5

secondary

#E1CABB

accent

#5E22C3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CAED5

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

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