#6CAEE3#6CAEE3

#6CAEE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.103 H 244.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CAEE3
RGB	rgb(108, 174, 227)
HSL	hsl(207, 68%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(207, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 23.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -6.32, -33.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 33.68, 259.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0449 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.103 244.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.1806, 39.0034, 78.3327)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CAEE3 #E3A16C

analogous

#6CE3DD #6CAEE3 #6C72E3

triadic

#6CAEE3 #E36CAE #AEE36C

tetradic

#6CAEE3 #DD6CE3 #E3A16C #72E36C

square

#6CAEE3 #DD6CE3 #E3A16C #72E36C

split-complementary

#6CAEE3 #E36C72 #E3DD6C

monochromatic

#2272B3 #3992D9 #6CAEE3 #9FCAED #D3E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#6CAEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#6CAEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CAEE3

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CAEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CAEE3	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AFE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25BBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6caee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 174, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.103 244.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc6ec',
    500: '#6caee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6caee3;
$custom-light: #9dc6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6caee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.723,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72763,
    "c": 0.10277,
    "h": 244.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CAEE3

secondary

#E9D3C2

accent

#6916D0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CAEE3

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

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