#6CAEE5#6CAEE5

#6CAEE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.105 H 245.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CAEE5
RGB	rgb(108, 174, 229)
HSL	hsl(207, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(207, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 24%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -5.72, -34.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 34.53, 260.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0442 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.105 245.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4582, 39.1145, 79.7949)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CAEE5 #E5A36C

analogous

#6CE5DF #6CAEE5 #6C71E5

triadic

#6CAEE5 #E56CAE #AEE56C

tetradic

#6CAEE5 #DF6CE5 #E5A36C #71E56C

square

#6CAEE5 #DF6CE5 #E5A36C #71E56C

split-complementary

#6CAEE5 #E56C71 #E5DF6C

monochromatic

#2072B6 #3891DC #6CAEE5 #A0CBEE #D4E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#6CAEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#6CAEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CAEE5

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CAEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CAEE5	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AFE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22BBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6caee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 174, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.105 245.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc6ed',
    500: '#6caee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6caee5;
$custom-light: #9dc6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6caee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.273,
    "s": 69.942,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72853,
    "c": 0.10502,
    "h": 245.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CAEE5

secondary

#EAD5C3

accent

#6A14D2

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CAEE5

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

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