#6CAEDE#6CAEDE

#6CAEDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.097 H 241.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CAEDE
RGB	rgb(108, 174, 222)
HSL	hsl(205, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(205, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 21.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -7.80, -30.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 31.62, 255.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0465 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.097 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5005, 38.7314, 74.7509)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CAEDE #DE9C6C

analogous

#6CDED5 #6CAEDE #6C75DE

triadic

#6CAEDE #DE6CAE #AEDE6C

tetradic

#6CAEDE #D56CDE #DE9C6C #75DE6C

square

#6CAEDE #D56CDE #DE9C6C #75DE6C

split-complementary

#6CAEDE #DE6C75 #DED56C

monochromatic

#2672AA #3A92D3 #6CAEDE #9ECAE9 #D0E5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#6CAEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#6CAEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CAEDE

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CAEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CAEDE	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AEE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CBABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6caede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 174, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.097 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc6e8',
    500: '#6caede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6caede;
$custom-light: #9dc6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6caede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.263,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72542,
    "c": 0.09733,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CAEDE

secondary

#E6D0BF

accent

#651ACB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FC

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CAEDE

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

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