#6CAEE2#6CAEE2

#6CAEE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.102 H 243.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CAEE2
RGB	rgb(108, 174, 226)
HSL	hsl(206, 67%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(206, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 23%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -6.62, -32.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 33.26, 258.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0452 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.102 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0429, 38.9484, 77.6079)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CAEE2 #E2A06C

analogous

#6CE2DB #6CAEE2 #6C73E2

triadic

#6CAEE2 #E26CAE #AEE26C

tetradic

#6CAEE2 #DB6CE2 #E2A06C #73E26C

square

#6CAEE2 #DB6CE2 #E2A06C #73E26C

split-complementary

#6CAEE2 #E26C73 #E2DB6C

monochromatic

#2372B1 #3992D8 #6CAEE2 #9FCAEC #D2E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#6CAEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#6CAEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CAEE2

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CAEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CAEE2	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AEE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26BBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6caee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 174, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.102 243.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc6eb',
    500: '#6caee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6caee2;
$custom-light: #9dc6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6caee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.441,
    "s": 67.045,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72718,
    "c": 0.10167,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CAEE2

secondary

#E9D3C1

accent

#6817CF

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CAEE2

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

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