#6CAEE0#6CAEE0

#6CAEE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.099 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CAEE0
RGB	rgb(108, 174, 224)
HSL	hsl(206, 65%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(206, 52%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 22.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -7.21, -31.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 32.43, 257.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.0459 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.099 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7701, 38.8393, 76.1710)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CAEE0 #E09E6C

analogous

#6CE0D8 #6CAEE0 #6C74E0

triadic

#6CAEE0 #E06CAE #AEE06C

tetradic

#6CAEE0 #D86CE0 #E09E6C #74E06C

square

#6CAEE0 #D86CE0 #E09E6C #74E06C

split-complementary

#6CAEE0 #E06C74 #E0D86C

monochromatic

#2572AD #3992D5 #6CAEE0 #9FCAEB #D1E6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#6CAEE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#6CAEE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CAEE0

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CAEE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CAEE0	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AEE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29BABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6caee0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 174, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.099 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc6ea',
    500: '#6caee0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6caee0;
$custom-light: #9dc6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6caee0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.862,
    "s": 65.169,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7263,
    "c": 0.09948,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CAEE0

secondary

#E8D1C0

accent

#6618CD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FD

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CAEE0

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

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