#6CAEE4#6CAEE4

#6CAEE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.104 H 244.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CAEE4
RGB	rgb(108, 174, 228)
HSL	hsl(207, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(207, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 23.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -6.02, -33.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 34.10, 259.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0446 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.104 244.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3190, 39.0588, 79.0616)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CAEE4 #E4A26C

analogous

#6CE4DE #6CAEE4 #6C72E4

triadic

#6CAEE4 #E46CAE #AEE46C

tetradic

#6CAEE4 #DE6CE4 #E4A26C #72E46C

square

#6CAEE4 #DE6CE4 #E4A26C #72E46C

split-complementary

#6CAEE4 #E46C72 #E4DE6C

monochromatic

#2172B4 #3892DB #6CAEE4 #A0CAED #D3E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#6CAEE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#6CAEE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CAEE4

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CAEE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CAEE4	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AFE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23BBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6caee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 174, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.104 244.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc6ec',
    500: '#6caee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6caee4;
$custom-light: #9dc6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6caee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207,
    "s": 68.966,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72808,
    "c": 0.1039,
    "h": 244.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CAEE4

secondary

#EAD4C2

accent

#6915D1

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CAEE4

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

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