#6CAEDD#6CAEDD

#6CAEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.096 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CAEDD
RGB	rgb(108, 174, 221)
HSL	hsl(205, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(205, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 21.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -8.09, -30.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 31.23, 254.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0469 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.096 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3669, 38.6780, 74.0472)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CAEDD #DD9B6C

analogous

#6CDDD4 #6CAEDD #6C76DD

triadic

#6CAEDD #DD6CAE #AEDD6C

tetradic

#6CAEDD #D46CDD #DD9B6C #76DD6C

square

#6CAEDD #D46CDD #DD9B6C #76DD6C

split-complementary

#6CAEDD #DD6C76 #DDD46C

monochromatic

#2772A8 #3A93D2 #6CAEDD #9EC9E8 #CFE5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#6CAEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#6CAEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CAEDD

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CAEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CAEDD	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DBABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6caedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 174, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.096 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc6e7',
    500: '#6caedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6caedd;
$custom-light: #9dc6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6caedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.956,
    "s": 62.431,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72498,
    "c": 0.09626,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CAEDD

secondary

#E6CFBF

accent

#641BCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FC

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CAEDD

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

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