#6CAED6#6CAED6

#6CAED6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.089 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CAED6
RGB	rgb(108, 174, 214)
HSL	hsl(203, 56%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(203, 50%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 18.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -10.12, -26.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 28.58, 249.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.0493 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.089 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4536, 38.3127, 69.2375)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CAED6 #D6946C

analogous

#6CD6C9 #6CAED6 #6C79D6

triadic

#6CAED6 #D66CAE #AED66C

tetradic

#6CAED6 #C96CD6 #D6946C #79D66C

square

#6CAED6 #C96CD6 #D6946C #79D66C

split-complementary

#6CAED6 #D66C79 #D6C96C

monochromatic

#2C729C #3C94C9 #6CAED6 #9CC8E3 #CCE3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#6CAED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#6CAED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CAED6

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CAED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CAED6	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CADD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA1D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6caed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 174, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.089 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc6e2',
    500: '#6caed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6caed6;
$custom-light: #9cc6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6caed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.642,
    "s": 56.383,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72199,
    "c": 0.08915,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CAED6

secondary

#E2CABC

accent

#5F22C4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FB

border

#CDD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CAED6

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

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