#6CAEE1#6CAEE1

#6CAEE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.101 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CAEE1
RGB	rgb(108, 174, 225)
HSL	hsl(206, 66%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(206, 52%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 22.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -6.91, -32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 32.84, 257.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0455 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.101 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9061, 38.8937, 76.8874)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CAEE1 #E19F6C

analogous

#6CE1DA #6CAEE1 #6C73E1

triadic

#6CAEE1 #E16CAE #AEE16C

tetradic

#6CAEE1 #DA6CE1 #E19F6C #73E16C

square

#6CAEE1 #DA6CE1 #E19F6C #73E16C

split-complementary

#6CAEE1 #E16C73 #E1DA6C

monochromatic

#2472AF #3992D7 #6CAEE1 #9FCAEB #D2E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#6CAEE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#6CAEE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CAEE1

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CAEE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CAEE1	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AEE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28BABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6caee1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 174, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.101 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc6ea',
    500: '#6caee1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6caee1;
$custom-light: #9dc6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6caee1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.154,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72674,
    "c": 0.10057,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CAEE1

secondary

#E8D2C1

accent

#6718CE

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CAEE1

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

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